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AUTISM and ADHD are neurodevelopmental conditions that affect people’s communication, attention and behaviour. But scientists ...

People with autism are typically diagnosed by clinical observation and assessment. To deconstruct the clinical decision process, which is often subjective and difficult to describe, researchers used a ...

Intraverbal behavior, a subset of verbal operants in which a verbal stimulus evokes a response with no point‐to‐point correspondence, is emerging as a critical area of investigation in autism spectrum ...

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

Faith Braverman sits down with Chris Diaz, a retired DEA agent and autism advocate, to discuss how law enforcement responds ...

A wider public conversation has arisen over whether it's time for a shift in how we think about categories of autism, amid ...

Becca Galloway says the condition if often misunderstood and she wants teachers to receive mandatory autism training.

Centria Autism, a national provider of therapeutic services for children with autism and their families, continues to make strides in developing aspiring clinicians and closing the gap of BCBAs.

A new USC study suggests that gut imbalances in children with autism may create an imbalance of metabolites in the digestive system - ultimately disrupting neurotransmitter production and influencing ...