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9-year-old Maryland boy with autism visits all 50 states to spread awareness across the country

CECIL COUNTY, Maryland (WMAR) -- April is Autism Acceptance Month, and one Cecil County family is celebrating by marking a ...
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Drone finds autistic boy who wandered away from mall playing near river in Colorado

A Colorado boy with autism who disappeared from a shopping mall this week was quickly found “dangerously close” to a nearby ...

Mom left autistic 4-year-old dead on floor for more than 24 hours, sent photo of boy to relative before calling 911

Amie Ruleman is accused of severely neglecting her autistic 4-year-old son, whom she left dead on the floor of their ...

The surprising theory why boys are diagnosed with autism more often than girls

In fact, about 1 in 20 US boys are diagnosed with autism by age 8. For girls, the rate ranges from about 1 in 70 to 1 in 100.

Boy to 'scale The Shard' for autism awareness

A five-year-old boy wants to climb the equivalent of the height of The Shard skyscraper to raise money and awareness for ...
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Autism may hit boys and girls equally, massive new study suggests

For decades, autism has been framed as a condition that overwhelmingly affects boys, with girls treated as statistical outliers and, too often, diagnostic afterthoughts. A massive population study now ...