Bumpas said autism involves social interaction challenges that can include difficulties with social-emotional reciprocity, or "the back-and-forth of social interaction with another person, non-verbal ...

Each year, during autism acceptance month, many individuals and organizations engage in activities featuring autism. In the last few years, we have come a long way as a society in trying to understand ...

The government plans to redirect some children off the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and onto a new program called Thriving Kids. When announcing the change last month, health and ...

Coming to terms with an autism diagnosis is a process of healing and recovery. How you feel in the early stages is not how ...

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Imagine going through life knowing you experience the world differently than the average person, but not knowing why. Perhaps you don’t understand why loud noises, such as balloons popping, are ...

While existing tools represent decades of clinical and research development, they share common limitations: nearly all rely on subjective clinical observation, caregiver report, or clinician ...

Vermonters who received a late-in-life autism diagnosis were likely covering up their autistic traits since birth. In late December of 2022, I missed a few days of work due to a relatively mild case ...