Homework can be challenging for all children, but for students with autism, it can be challenging. It is common for children with autism to have difficulties with executive functioning abilities, ...

The nonprofit CM Performing Arts Center, in Oakdale, is launching a new program that uses theater to help children with ...

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often experience social communication impairments and engage in restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRBs). Early identification of these symptoms is ...

A s Otto Lewis, a sophomore at Western Kentucky University, sees it, he’s actually pretty lucky. True, he has autism, a developmental disorder that makes navigating college — and life in general — ...

The number of children diagnosed with developmental disabilities is on the rise, specifically attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum ...

Discussing the rise in children of color diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders For Autism Awareness Month, our panelists discuss the recent CDC report of an increase in children of color diagnosed ...

Nathan Riggin, left, a student at Penn Highlands Regional Center for Autism in Connellsville, Fayette County, works on a craft with toddlers Jimmy Mongel and Beau Banko from The Learning Lamp of ...

The study reveals that children with potential autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show a significant preference for predictable visual stimuli, spending more time observing them than typically developing ...