For years the treatment of autism has been dominated by a single treatment modality called applied behavioral analysis (ABA). ABA is a treatment modality that was designed for children in the early ...

Communication is vital to expressing and getting what we want and need, bonding with other people and navigating the world in which we live. But, by definition, autistic people often deal with ...

In both our personal and professional lives, we’ve likely encountered challenges when working alongside others due to differences in communication style and expectations. However, when working with ...

Imagine having a conversation where every gesture and glance feels like a test. You're juggling eye contact, facial expressions and tone of voice, all while trying to keep up with the words. You might ...

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 ...

A nationwide effort to improve how officers communicate with a person diagnosed with a disability has made its way to Johnson ...

Recent data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show autism now affects about 1 in 31 children in the ...

Clinics licensing MERT have claimed that their trademarked version of the treatment can also produce “miraculous results” in ...