Individuals on the autistic spectrum are typically characterized by social, communicative, and motor impairments. Emerging theories suggest that the real-world deficits seen in those with autism arise ...

A Cedar Park event offered swim lessons, life jacket fittings and water safety education for children with autism, aiming to ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) presents a neurological and developmental disorder that has an impact on the social and cognitive skills of children causing repetitive behaviours, restricted interests, ...

You're looking at a truck. You're with a young child and he follows your gaze. He's interested in the object you're looking at without you pointing at it. This is called joint attention and it is one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. April is Autism Acceptance Month. If you missed out on World Autism Acceptance Day and Autism Acceptance Week, you still have the ...

If you're autistic, you're more likely to have a learning disability than the general public. In fact, around 30% of autistic people also have a learning disability. But being autistic doesn't mean ...

April is Autism Acceptance Month. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects one in 36 children. That is nearly the equivalent of one child per classroom. This number has risen in recent years with ...

Autism’s new territory: From camel’s milk and stem cell injections to spelling therapy Elizabeth Bonker is a silent woman ...

Throughout our daily lives, we are constantly learning things about our environment that we weren't explicitly instructed to learn. In fact, as a child most of our learning happens implicitly. Think ...