Last week, I saw another meme in my Facebook feed castigating parents for forcing their autistic kids to make eye contact and to sit with “quiet hands” rather than flapping. It’s a common theme in ...

For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it comes in several distinct ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writer by day, Comic by night, who aims to inform, inspire, and amuse. With nearly 78% of autistic children experiencing a ...

A sensory integration-trained speech-language pathologist has shared some early signs of autism in children parents should be ...

A woman has shared a one-year update showcasing how two simple words have completely transformed her autistic son's behavior. Abby, 41, who cares for her son Solomon, 11, full-time, shared a video to ...

Ms. May is a writer and the mother of a child with autism. My daughter hasn’t spoken in five years. She never had many words, but they all disappeared just before she turned 2. She used to clap her ...

Last week, I saw another meme in my Facebook feed castigating parents for forcing their autistic kids to make eye contact and to sit with “quiet hands” rather than flapping. It’s a common theme in ...