autism

Supporting Autism Awareness in NJ can be as easy as checking out a ballgame or talking a walk. Here's great chances to get the family in action this Spring.

It started in 2013 with four teams playing a pair of games for a noble cause and it has grown into one of the highlights of the high school baseball season. The Baseball Gods will shine brightly tomorrow on ten locations in Ocean and Monmouth County as they are hosting games as part of this year’s Strike Out Autism Challenge.

For ultimate Jersey fans, there's a new charitable collector's line of skateboards involving seriously cool photos of The Boss.

Autism Awareness Month is underway, and one local charity is gearing up for their fundraising walk for the cause!

In New Jersey, boys are 4.2 times more likely to have autism than girls. White and black children were more likely to be diagnosed than Hispanic children.

About 1 in 68 school-aged children have autism or related disorders. That's the same as it was when health officials checked two years earlier.

It's something that can make all the difference for families with special needs children, and luckily sensory-friendly activities are becoming more and more popular at the Jersey Shore. One local theatre is planning a sensory-friendly show AND donating a portion of the ticket sales to a local charity!

Krista Lamando sat on a couch on a recent Friday afternoon, covered in blankets and content doing something she excels at-- figuring out puzzles.

The government has a new estimate for autism - 1 in 45 U.S. children - but other federal calculations say the developmental disorder is less common.

It's World Autism Awareness Day, with a lot of people wearing blue and committing to 'Light It Up Blue' for Autism Speaks. But after this day has come and gone, there are easy things you can do to be supportive and 'Autism Aware' every day of the year.

A local mom is calling for justice for her special needs son after he nearly drowned at the hands of two men he thought were his friends.

Weird Al Yankovic performed on the "Night of Too Many Stars" on Comedy Central recently with a very special guest. 13-year-old Jodi DiPiazza, who has Autism, played piano and sang along to 'Yoda,' a Weird Al parody on the Kinks' hit Lola. They were joined on the performance by ActionPlay Chorus, a group of children with Autism...