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 ...

Individuals with autism interpret information, emotions, and sensory input differently than the neurotypical population. Although behaviour changes such as less eye contact or repeated movements are ...

Stimming helps people with autism regulate their emotions and behavior. Stimming includes auditory, tactile, visual, vestibular, and proprioceptive actions. Stimming also occurs in people with ADHD ...

The Bill and Virginia Leffen Center for Autism offers a multidisciplinary feeding clinic team to help children with autism ...

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is synonymous with supporting individuals on the autism spectrum, even though the theory on which it is grounded is purely scientific and applicable to any population, ...

Academics are investigating whether coping with the unknown or unexpected is a distinct contributor to anxiety in autistic ...

The behavioral disorders observed in autism are associated with a multitude of genetic alterations. Scientists have now found another molecular cause for this condition. The transcription factor MYT1L ...

When considering autism in the context of hospital security, it’s crucial for hospital staff and security personnel to be aware of and sensitive to the unique needs and behaviors of individuals with ...

Blame it on the X factor. Research has long shown that boys are over three times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than ...

One of the first clues that Sarah was different was her walking. She did not walk until she was 20 months old, about 9 months later than her twin sister. “My pediatrician told me, ‘Oh, don’t worry.

Melinda Tidwell is the executive director of the Autism Center of North. An autism diagnosis for a child often marks the ...