One of the most contested questions in developmental psychology has just received its most rigorous answer yet. A team of ...

Children with autism who receive therapy through state Medicaid or Child Health Plus could lose access to treatment, ...

Guest: Daniel Abrams Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Laboratory Department ...

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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 ...

When parents of autistic adults die, responsibility for care often falls to a brother or sister. That handover is one of the ...

A father explains how he handles discipline when his autistic daughter struggles with her emotions and behavior at school, ...