Autistic children may be nonverbal or not have the words or other typical communication strategies to clearly explain their ...

A research team from the Department of Psychiatry at Tohoku University, led by Dr. Zhiqian Yu and Professor Hiroaki Tomita, ...

SYDNEY, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Measuring hair cortisol may help reveal the impact of stress on autistic children, offering a biological tool to complement behavioral assessments, Australian research has ...

For autistic children, receiving more hours of treatment may not lead to better outcomes, according to a new peer-reviewed study by researchers at the nonprofit Catalight Research Institute. The ...

Research suggests that autistic people have a higher risk for self-harm. Negative and unsupportive environments and challenges with emotional expression and communication may contribute to this ...

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 ...

Training that helps first responders recognize autism-related behaviors and adjust their approach in the first critical ...

There's a looming crisis for Arizonans on the autism spectrum, as the cost of a popular form of therapy spirals out of ...

An expensive therapy praised as the gold standard for helping autistic children gain the skills they need to become ...