Autism is a type of developmental disorder characterized by problems in social interaction, communication and behavior. Even as infants, many children with autism lack an interest in social ...

May 12, 2009 (Chicago, Illinois) – Peer support and one-on-one therapist guidance appear to be particularly effective in helping children with autism form friendships with their classmates. In a rare, ...

Parents and caregivers of children with autism are their lifelong teachers; for this reason, having an evidence-based curriculum like the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills ...

Throughout typical development children must be surrounded by peers both for their well-being and for ample growth of their cognitive, linguistic, and social skills. In children with autism spectrum ...

Adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) use emergency department services four times as often as their peers without autism, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. The ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A local program for families dealing with autism gets some new attention. "Atypical" is a comedy about a young adult with autism who struggles with a dating relationship. The ...

Pick a hand, any hand. That familiar refrain, repeated in schoolyards the world over, is the basis of a simple guessing game that was recently adapted to study how and why kids with autism spectrum ...

Most teens who get bullied, struggle to varying degrees to understand the nonverbal rules of any group. Something that comes naturally for their peers, is something that the ASD teen ends up learning ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers found an age-related decline in physical activity levels for those with ASD. Children with ASD spent ...

Youth with autism are growing up in a world where awareness of autism and expectations for full inclusion in society are increasing. Today, one in 59 children have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ...

Netflix's family drama Atypical returns for Season 2 on Friday, Sept. 7. And in the new episodes, fans will get to see Sam (Keir Gilchrist), a teen with autism, participating in a peer group led by a ...