Parents of autistic children warn they are being “failed” by speech and language therapy, leaving families forced to pay for private treatment. A “postcode lottery” of services across the country can ...

Jessica Fletcher has attracted attention for finding another way to communicate with her 11-year-old son who is unable to ...

Freddie Law, 4, from Rochford, has non-verbal autism and PICA, a condition that causes people to eat non-edible items. He will have to leave his familiar pre-school when he turns five in December ...

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 ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is exploring the potential of eye-tracking technology to assess word comprehension in non-verbal autistic children. This study ...

The recent disappearance of Noah Woods sparked conversation about elopement and why autistic children may be drawn to water.

Restricted and repetitive behaviors, along with strong preferences for sameness in both behavior and environment, are noted as hallmark features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Structured routines ...