This is what the autism spectrum looks like. It is not a gradation from high to low functioning. Source: Jessica Penot, LPC If you are an autistic person who can hold a job and pay bills, you will ...

GATES, N.Y. – Saturday morning, the Gates Public Library hosted Campaign D, a nonprofit founded by people on the autism spectrum. The event featured a panel of autistic people who each picked five ...

In 1938, an Austrian pediatrician named Hans Asperger gave the first public talk on autism in history. Asperger was speaking to an audience of Nazis, and he feared that his patients — children who ...

Restricted and repetitive behaviors, along with strong preferences for sameness in both behavior and environment, are noted as hallmark features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Structured routines ...

For years the treatment of autism has been dominated by a single treatment modality called applied behavioral analysis (ABA). ABA is a treatment modality that was designed for children in the early ...

"Initial Analysis of the Effectiveness of Compass-Behavioral for Autistic Youth: A Community-Based Retrospective Analysis" was published in Behavioral Sciences. In addition to the researchers from the ...

Write about what you know. That's why Eric Garcia wrote his 2021 book, "We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation." Write about what you know. That's why Eric Garcia wrote his 2021 book, ...

Early evidence links some Alzheimer’s Disease medications to small cognitive gains in children with autism and low IQ, ...

New evidence suggests that Alzheimer’s medications may strengthen key cognitive skills in young people with autism and low IQ, offering a promising direction for future clinical trials. Systematic ...