The Suffolk County D.A.’s office confirmed Thursday it has an “open investigation: into the Life’s WORC group home in East ...

As the number of children with autism rises in the United States, so does the number of autistic adults who need special care. Posted 2012-04-06T14:46:20+00:00 - Updated 2012-04-06T23:39:26+00:00 ...

For many intellectually and developmentally disabled people, large campuses or farmsteads may be better options than small group homes. But new state laws could make it hard for big facilities to ...

For Hillsborough resident Marianne Shandor, whose autistic 21-year-old son Peter moved into the house in May, the group residence is a source of solace. "He's definitely happy," she said. "He's ...

Mental health conditions are common among autistic adults, with 50% of autistic adults having a co-occurring condition, like ...

South Shore program to open new group home for adults with autism in Massachusetts 02:17. WEYMOUTH - Since 1951, The Arc of the South Shore has been on a mission to help people of all ages and ...

In the group, I could talk about what it felt like to be autistic, and people understood. I could open up and not be called “too much,” difficult, pretentious, etc. People understood, and I ...

Roberta Biscan said her 15-year-old son Connor, who lives in a Hopkinton group home for children with autism, knows a virus is making people sick, but he doesn’t understand why he can’t come ...

Idaho group home offers refuge to autistic adults ... Raising his son, Cody, required grappling with public schools to accommodate the boy's autism. Ed and his wife, Kathy, ...

NEW HAVEN — Matthew Baker was tolerating, as well as anyone would, the group of visitors shuffling over the hardwood floors of his tidy condo and breathing on the gleaming coffee table. When … ...