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 ...

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 ...

*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 ...

The superintendent and a former vice principal of Sonora Elementary School are facing charges for allegedly failing to report the assault of a 7-year-old child with autism. The district attorney said ...

Video posted by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office shows a Hillsborough County public school employee repeatedly hitting an autistic child while the bus driver ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A Pinellas County group home and daycare employee is facing charges one month after she abused a non-verbal autistic child, deputies said. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office ...

LARGO, Fla. (WFLA) — An employee at a group home in Largo was arrested Wednesday after being accused of child abuse. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, on Dec. 21, deputies received ...

Introduction: To investigate the horizontal transmission of oral-gut microbiota in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) families and its potential implications for ASD pathogenesis. Methods: The research ...

After receiving evidence-based early interventions, roughly two-thirds of non-speaking kids with autism speak single words, and approximately half develop more complex language, according to a new ...

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 ...

Photos shared to social media last month of what has been described as a wooden “timeout” box used to confine special needs students at an upstate New York school district caused an uproar, leading to ...

The doll was developed in partnership with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN). Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) unveiled today its first-ever autistic Barbie doll created with guidance from the ...