Stimming, or self-stimulating behavior, can be a coping mechanism to manage sensory overload or focus better. Learn why it ...

"Efforts like Autism Awareness Month, educational campaigns, and community activities have helped foster ... Challenges in understanding or expressing emotions. • Delayed speech development ...

DSM-5, the gold standard With no specific markers of autism yet available in a person's genes, blood or brain, diagnosis today still largely depends on clinical assessment by physicians and their ...

Researchers have adapted a children’s exercise program to better serve neurodivergent learners using AI-generated instructions.

"This intense focus can sometimes seem obsessive and might limit their engagement in other activities." If Touroni's five ... sensory sensitivities. Receiving an autism diagnosis can be an emotional ...

Then, he got emotional while talking about children “suffering” from the disorder. “This is an individual tragedy, as well,” Kennedy said. “Autism destroys families; and, more ...

The analysis found that criteria related to socialization, such as emotional reciprocity, nonverbal communication, and developing relationships, were not highly specific to an autism diagnosis ...

Secure attachment is characterized by emotional balance ... in response to everyday activities. The strengths of this study were that it is one of the first to explore attachment patterns in parents ...