First developed by the psychiatrist Lorna Wing in the 1980s, the term was intended to reflect the wide range of autistic ...

The Hope Network Centers for Autism in Michigan currently serves nearly 100 families across the state, providing specialized ...

That just kept going, week after week, day after day.” Her communication difficulties, sensitivity to noise and other ...

Autism is clinically defined by impairments in social communication, leading to assumptions that individuals with autism are less effective communicators. But a new study challenges this notion. The ...

Imagine having a conversation where every gesture and glance feels like a test. You're juggling eye contact, facial expressions and tone of voice, all while trying to keep up with the words. You might ...

Communication is vital to expressing and getting what we want and need, bonding with other people and navigating the world in which we live. But, by definition, autistic people often deal with ...

The double empathy problem shows that communication issues between neurotypes are about differences, not deficits. Empathy is ...

Many therapists tell me that, with hindsight, they're sure that some of their past clients were autistic. These therapists often feel that they used to have preconceptions about how autistic people ...

If your child’s pediatrician hands you a questionnaire and says the results “raise some concerns,” what that really means is ...

I just think this is going to speak volumes for so many families and just do wonders to so many different people, not just ...