Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, ...

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

For autistic children, receiving more hours of treatment may not lead to better outcomes, according to a new peer-reviewed study by researchers at the nonprofit Catalight Research Institute. The ...

The comedian's son has autism and he has been a vocal autism advocate, but he never considered he may have it himself until he watched the show back.

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A longtime pizzeria owner has seen it all—rude kids, entitled parents, and chaos on the rise. But when a child with autism refused to follow simple restaurant rules, things escalated fast. The mother ...

Photos shared to social media last month of what has been described as a wooden “timeout” box used to confine special needs ...