Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With her blond hair often gathered into space buns, Kaelynn Partlow is quick-smiling and earnest on social media as she talks ...

Stimming—short for "self-stimulatory behavior"—is a form of self-soothing commonly seen in autistic people. It can involve repetitive movements, sounds, or actions and is commonly regarded in medical ...

Every time I write about extremely aggressive or self-injurious behaviors – either those my son Jonah exhibited before he was medically stabilized in 2010, or those of other autistic teens I know who ...

Autistic adults are highly vulnerable to mental health problems and yet, our understanding of co-occurring psychiatric disorders in this population is limited. Anxiety is one of the most pervasive ...

A recent study published in Nature Mental Health suggests that middle-aged and older adults with elevated autistic traits ...

Researchers at Kanazawa University have identified a previously unrecognized mechanism by which structural changes in the ...

Attenuated interpersonal synchrony (IPS) has been shown between autistic individuals and their interaction partners; however, the mechanisms of this attenuation remain unclear. One possibility could ...

When most people think about autism, certain images come to mind: a child lining up toys in perfect rows, someone avoiding eye contact, or an individual reciting impressive facts about a specific ...

With autism prevalence now reaching 1 in 31 children in the United States according to the latest CDC data, the pressure on ABA practices to support timely, accurate diagnosis has never been greater.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UNSPECIFIED - MARCH 21: In this screengrab, Morgan Harper Nichols speaks at the Salute Her Awards on March 21, 2021 (Photo by ...