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 ...

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 ...

Dear Eric: I was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as an adult at 23 (I’m 27 now) and have been encountering an issue that is really bothering me. A few times, I have been told that I’m ...

In a new study, published in PLOS One, autistic adults describe the intense mental effort it takes to navigate nonverbal communication (NVC). Researchers reviewed 362 firsthand accounts on the online ...

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 recent study found that autistic adults tend to be more prosocial towards socially distant individuals compared to their ...

Hayley masks their struggles so well in dance class that teachers can't tell. But when they get home, they collapse — sometimes missing days of school.

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 ...