It has become almost a rite of spring in recent years for the Alabama Legislature to consider a bill or resolution that would grant voters the opportunity to vote on whether a convention should be ...

94% of autistic adults say they ‘actively enjoy aspects of being autistic.’ That isn’t just a number it’s a powerful refutation of the old cliche that autistic existence is monochromatic or requires ...

“Special interests” is often used to describe things someone is fascinated by or focused on more than “normal.” It can be a medical term (as in restricted interests in the DSM*), a well-meaning term, ...

“The founders [of the United States] certainly understood that the right to petition Congress was needed to provide information required for good policy formulation … but when some segments of society ...

In the current and recent elections, out-of-state special interests have identified Arizona as ground zero for pushing through radical changes to laws that they would like to see spread throughout the ...

People with autism are typically diagnosed by clinical observation and assessment. To deconstruct the clinical decision process, which is often subjective and difficult to describe, researchers used a ...

When Donald Trump’s presidential campaign recently invited “external organizations” to “attend an ‘entirely off-the-record, private,’ and ‘invite-only’ meeting with senior campaign officials,” many ...

Within months of taking offi ce, the Bush administration moved to kill or weaken a host of Clinton-era safeguards, including medical privacy protections, new energy effi ciency standards, and ...

In a more general sense, nurturing a set of hobbies and interests can be incredibly beneficial to your happiness, well-being, and physical health, according to Harvard Health Publishing. But the ...