Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as "a ...

April marks Autism Acceptance Month with World Autism Day occurring on April 2 every year. The month is meant to be a time for uplifting autistic voices and sharing in the community's joy. But for ...

Autistic regression refers to a loss of previously acquired skills or a backtracking of developmental milestones. In young children, it may represent autism onset. In older children and adults, it may ...

April is National Autism Acceptance Month, so we’ll take time to understand autism spectrum disorder, which is diagnosed in ...

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) sometimes occur together. While FXS is a known genetic cause of ASD, not everyone who receives an FXS diagnosis is autistic, and not all ...

A common diagnostic question at the UC Riverside SEARCH Center is: How do we determine whether a child or adolescent should be given a diagnosis of ASD, ID, or both? A related question is: What is ...

In this article, my goal is to show how someone with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can attain a form of empathy known as cognitive empathy by using a theoretical framework for constructing emotions ...

Hyposensitivity and hypersensitivity often get mixed up. Both are types of sensory processing disorders, but many people use them interchangeably and think they mean the same thing. In reality, they ...

Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as "a complex developmental condition that affects communication, social ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "April is a wonderful month to crack down on that and listen to autistic voices and their stories and listen to their struggles," ...