Emotion regulation is a universal challenge for adults and children alike and the primary reason why individuals seek psychological support. Autistic children’s emotion regulation is impacted by ...

When people talk about autism, they often think about a child who is different and may be distressed by their surroundings. Or if the conversation moves beyond childhood, the focus might be about an ...

Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, ...

When you talk to a child as an adult, you unconsciously change the way you speak. It is often thought that such adjustments ...

We are interested in describing the specific ways that caregivers ‘design’ their talk so that their autistic children are included as participants in the interaction, without having to rely on spoken ...

When my son Sam was seven or eight years old, he spent a good bit of time on weekends upside down on a floral-print armchair in our living room. In one hand, he held Batman; in the other, Robin.

THERE is a positive shift in our understanding of neurodiversity. I have been working with neurodivergent people for almost ...

In January, toymaker Mattel released the very first autistic Barbie doll. She’s wearing a loose purple dress and headphones.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. D’aire, the 6-year-old son of rapper 42 Dugg, co-wrote "My Kind of Normal," a children’s book based on his experience with autism.

New research has demonstrated significant sex disparities when it comes to autism diagnosis. Despite females being just as ...

The new doll reinforces the very stereotypes about neurodivergence it claims to challenge ...