According to the CDC, “Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges…The learning, thinking, and ...

Autism spectrum disorders are associated with difficulties in social communication, long attributed to individual socio‐cognitive deficits. As a consequence of this perspective, stigma and pressure to ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland — Autism is often defined by what people supposedly can’t do: communicate effectively, share information, connect socially. However, a major international study suggests that when ...

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 ...

Oliver Wendt, a Purdue University assistant professor of speech, language and hearing sciences, demonstrates how the SPEAK all! app allows the user to select images to create a sentence. A version of ...

Facilitated communication is a form of alternative communication developed to help individuals with severe autism or other individuals who cannot express their thoughts and feelings vocally.

Speech therapy for autism helps improve communication skills, social interactions, and understanding of language. This can make daily interactions and learning more manageable for autistic people. In ...

Grant Macaskill is well aware that whatever you say about autism, the tone of voice in which you say it matters more. He articulates many judicious, careful, and helpful things in this lucid, learned, ...

"Learning just a little bit can go a long way," Tiffany Hammond told "GMA." A Texas mom whose two kids have autism is challenging others to learn about autism spectrum disorder this April, which ...

The other day, I received a slew of pictures from Josy, my autistic son Nat’s caregiver. The group home housemates had gone to visit a quarry to look at the graffiti and do an Earth Day cleanup. I ...

Detroit rapper 42 Dugg is channeling his spotlight into a heartfelt celebration of fatherhood and autism awareness with the release of My Kind of Normal, a children’s book written by his son, D’aire, ...