Autistic children may be nonverbal or not have the words or other typical communication strategies to clearly explain their ...

Emotion regulation is a universal challenge for adults and children alike and the primary reason why individuals seek psychological support. Autistic children’s emotion regulation is impacted by ...

Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, ...

When my son Sam was seven or eight years old, he spent a good bit of time on weekends upside down on a floral-print armchair in our living room. In one hand, he held Batman; in the other, Robin.

A study conducted in Sweden with a sample of 2.7 million people refutes the idea that there is a higher prevalence in men ...

After receiving evidence-based early interventions, roughly two-thirds of non-speaking kids with autism speak single words, ...

We are interested in describing the specific ways that caregivers ‘design’ their talk so that their autistic children are included as participants in the interaction, without having to rely on spoken ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. D’aire, the 6-year-old son of rapper 42 Dugg, co-wrote "My Kind of Normal," a children’s book based on his experience with autism.

A sweeping study from Sweden is challenging the long-held belief that autism mostly affects boys. Autism has traditionally ...

As the mother of a child with a neurodivergent condition, I’ve navigated my fair share of uncomfortable comments over the years. Everyone from fellow parents and family members to my son’s karate ...

Imagine knowing exactly what you want to say, but the words don’t make it from your brain to your lips. You know how you want ...