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A 28-year-old autistic man ate frogs and scavenged for roots in order to survive a perilous three-week trek through southern Utah's inhospitable Escalante Desert.

As the mother of an autistic son, Marlena Odon says she used to worry about sending Kharon off to school into the hands of others who might not be able to interpret what he was trying to say. But now, thanks to the integration of the iPad into Kharon's New York public school, Odon says he is able to communicate his wants and needs -- and his excitement over this is unmistakable.

This guest post is written by John Scott Holman. Diagnosed with autism just a few months ago, Holman talks about the long, winding road to diagnosis -- and what arriving feels like.

A Massachusetts woman convicted of attempted murder for withholding cancer medications from her autistic son was been sentenced to eight to 10 years in prison.

A special court ruled Thursday that evidence presented in three cases by parents of children with autism did not prove a link between autism and certain early childhood vaccines.