A therapist accused of abusing an autistic, nonverbal child during a therapy session made his first appearance in court ...

Make toothbrushing easier and less stressful for your child with autism. Learn simple, expert-backed tips that help kids—and ...

The idea that autistic people lack a ‘theory of mind’ has shaped ASD research for 40 years. The evidence never supported it – ...

Charnita Thomas is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday morning for a possible plea hearing after being charged with two ...

Keren MacLennan has previously received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council and Research England. In the academic year so far, the proportion of children who are “persistently absent ...

Despite the naysayers, research into the gut-autism axis is producing useful results and helping kids with autism feel less ...

When you talk to a child as an adult, you unconsciously change the way you speak. It is often thought that such adjustments are more difficult for autistic people, but new research shows that this ...

Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, and paying attention. Researchers in Europe added a learning robot to ...

In a room filled with pounding noises and clanging cowbells, L.A. County deputies learn that sometimes the best way to handle ...

*The family of a 5-year-old African American girl diagnosed with autism and community activists are demanding criminal charges against a teacher at a local child development center, alleging the ...

A 6-year-old boy with autism who was hospitalized last month after what authorities described as a brutal beating allegedly ...

When a child is mired in overthinking, what they lose first is not their outer performance. Rather, they lose the sense of ...