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 ...

People with autism are typically diagnosed by clinical observation and assessment. To deconstruct the clinical decision process, which is often subjective and difficult to describe, researchers used a ...

Autism has always been described as a spectrum, but for families, doctors, and educators, that word often feels too vague. It ...

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.

Barbie's first autistic doll has been developed with sensory-sensitive features in mind. See how.

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 ...

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder that involves impairments to social and communication abilities, restricted interests or repetitive behaviors, and challenges with sensory ...

Repetitive behaviors are not an uncommon part of human experience, but not all repetitive actions serve the same purpose or carry the same meaning. Two types of behaviors that are often confused are ...

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