To cope, some autistic people try to mimic non-autistic behavior by studying gestures, taking acting classes, or copying characters from TV. Others prefer to communicate in writing, where the pressure ...

Oliver Wendt, a Purdue University assistant professor of speech, language and hearing sciences, demonstrates how the SPEAK all! app allows the user to select images to create a sentence. A version of ...

Communication is vital to expressing and getting what we want and need, bonding with other people and navigating the world in which we live. But, by definition, autistic people often deal with ...

STOCKTON, California -- A Stockton Police Department officer is being praised for the way he helped a child with autism found alone downtown. In a post on Facebook, the police department said ...

Others prefer to communicate in writing, where the pressure of body language disappears. And many find strength in authenticity, choosing to embrace their natural communication style rather than ...

In our research, we identified commonalities across autistic adults’ experiences of burnout. The person may have difficulty ...

The dad of a non-speaking, autistic boy has had the alphabet tattooed on his arm so his son can always communicate with him. Dan Harris, 45, had the £180 tattoo completed on his left forearm two weeks ...

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office is honoring several people who helped rescue an 11-year-old non-verbal autistic boy from a freeway in March. An 11-year-old autistic boy who had run away from his ...

Dr Richard Frye has spent the better part of 20 years trying to understand how a cheap drug could ease certain behaviors of autism. He is one of about 50 doctors across the US prescribing autistic ...

Imagine having a conversation where every gesture and glance feels like a test. You're juggling eye contact, facial expressions, and tone of voice, all while trying to keep up with the words. You ...