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 ...

Autism has long been known yet unknown, its defining characteristics understood for decades, but its biological roots unknown. Now, a new research study conducted at Princeton University and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 large–scale international study has identified two contrasting patterns of communication between brain regions in some ...

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 ...