Autistic Girls

12-year-old Israeli girl whose plight was made famous when Harry Potter author JK Rowling posted about her was killed in the Hamas attack, the Israeli government confirmed on Wednesday.

Jiya Rai is being showered with praise by netizens. The 12-year-old, diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder, swam from Bandra-Worli Sea Link to Gateway of India in Mumbai on February 17. She "created a record as the youngest girl diagnosed with ASD to swim thedistance of 36 km in open sea," tweeted the PRO Defence Mumbai. Watch her brave achieve...

Autistic girls are more socially motivated and have more intimate friendships than autistic boys, says a study.

A year after receiving critical acclaim for portraying Jhilmil Chatterjee, an autistic Bengali girl, in Barfi, National Award winner Priyanka Chopra feels elated at her second outing as a Bengali character in the forthcoming film Gunday.

The countdown for the release of Priyanka Chopra's first single In my city and her film Barfi! has begun. The actress is excited, but is a bit nervous.

Eden Sawczenko used to recoil when other little girls held her hand and turned stiff when they hugged her. This year, the 4-year-old autistic girl began playing with a robot that teaches about emotions and physical contact -- and now...

12-year-old Israeli girl whose plight was made famous when Harry Potter author JK Rowling posted about her was killed in the Hamas attack, the Israeli government confirmed on Wednesday.

Jiya Rai is being showered with praise by netizens. The 12-year-old, diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder, swam from Bandra-Worli Sea Link to Gateway of India in Mumbai on February 17. She "created a record as the youngest girl diagnosed with ASD to swim thedistance of 36 km in open sea," tweeted the PRO Defence Mumbai. Watch her brave achieve...

Autistic girls are more socially motivated and have more intimate friendships than autistic boys, says a study.

A year after receiving critical acclaim for portraying Jhilmil Chatterjee, an autistic Bengali girl, in Barfi, National Award winner Priyanka Chopra feels elated at her second outing as a Bengali character in the forthcoming film Gunday.

The countdown for the release of Priyanka Chopra's first single In my city and her film Barfi! has begun. The actress is excited, but is a bit nervous.

Eden Sawczenko used to recoil when other little girls held her hand and turned stiff when they hugged her. This year, the 4-year-old autistic girl began playing with a robot that teaches about emotions and physical contact -- and now...