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 ...

For years the treatment of autism has been dominated by a single treatment modality called applied behavioral analysis (ABA). ABA is a treatment modality that was designed for children in the early ...

Small talk or straight talk? Autism communication has its own logic—and embracing difference opens the door to empathy.

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 might ...

In a new study, published in PLOS One, autistic adults describe the intense mental effort it takes to navigate nonverbal communication (NVC). Researchers reviewed 362 firsthand accounts on the online ...

The government plans to redirect some children off the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and onto a new program ...

The seven key signs of autism in adults aged 40 and over - Over 90 per cent of people over 40 with autism are undiagnosed ...

New research has revealed that people with similar levels of autistic traits are more attracted to each other, and their ...

John Frizzell always had a feeling he was different. The Hollywood film score composer could rattle off facts about chess puzzles, Immanuel Kant’s synthetic a priori knowledge and other esoteric ...

From there, they estimated that among autistic adults aged 40 to 59, 91.45% of men and 79.48% of women have not received a ...