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

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 ...

An expensive therapy praised as the gold standard for helping autistic children gain the skills they need to become ...

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When Tiffany Hammond was growing up in Texas, in the nineteen-nineties, other children teased her for how she spoke: she talked too softly, she talked in a monotone, she paused too long between words, ...

Mattel's new Barbie with autism has garnered mixed feelings from people within the autism community. Why?

Pregnant women's exposure to wildfire smoke — particularly in the third trimester — may increase the risk of autism in their ...

Mattel spent 18 months working with an advocacy organization to develop the doll, which includes noise-canceling headphones ...