Improving social communication skills in children with autism has traditionally relied on structured teaching approaches and ...

Approximately 30% of individuals with autism do not develop speech that is sufficient for meeting the communication demands of everyday life. People with autism and little to no functional speech rely ...

Despite therapy one-third of autistic kids do not advance to spoken language. Motor imitation is a key factor for language ...

LeeAnn DiTomaso, co-owner of Access S2C in Highland Heights, was working as a labor-and-delivery nurse when a friend’s nonverbal son demonstrated his new spelling skills by typing out this message to ...

After receiving evidence-based early interventions, roughly two-thirds of non-speaking kids with autism speak single words, ...

A large-scale analysis of data on autistic preschoolers reveals that while the majority of children gain spoken language ...

Jude Valant, a 19-year-old non-verbal student with severe autism, relies on a communication method called Rapid Prompting ...

A study of children with autism spectrum disorder found that a therapeutic intervention using robots was effective in improving their social development and participation in social activities. After ...

Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, ...

One of my favorite analogies for describing the emotional experience of a parent whose child has special needs is Emily Perl Kinglsey’s poem “Welcome to Holland.” “Welcome to Holland” likens a ...

When Aimee Karpien adopted her son, Henry, at 18 months old, she immediately suspected he had developmental delays and sensory processing challenges. “We quickly pursued evaluation through early ...