Your surroundings may influence your social behavior more than you realize. New research from the Brain Research Institute at ...

Anxiety disorders are very common in autistic kids, affecting about half of all children at some point in time. Autistic children can experience anxiety in their own ways. They might be afraid of ...

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

Imagine living in a world in which your natural way of being is constantly at odds with societal norms. This is a daily reality for many autistic individuals, some of whom use hidden strategies to ...

There are two people whom parents of autistic children dread meeting, writes Michael Fitzpatrick. One is the scientist who believes he has come up with a total theory of autism, but whose heretical ...

Pl ayful Minds Learning Center (LC) in Chicopee has been offering developmentally appropriate activities that foster emotional, social, and intellectual growth for eight years. Rally to Save Roe V.

Episode 34 of The William Gomes Podcast offers a thoughtful and timely reflection on how autism is understood, moving beyond surface traits to explore the full human experience behind them .

A short and simple intervention that needs no specialized training to deliver could help encourage understanding and engagement with autistic children in recreational settings like day camps, ...

The intersection of autism and stalking behavior in the context of Title IX is complex and requires a nuanced approach. Title IX is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in ...

Every time I write about extremely aggressive or self-injurious behaviors – either those my son Jonah exhibited before he was medically stabilized in 2010, or those of other autistic teens I know who ...