The book Someone Like Me offers deeply human insights into what it means to live in a neurotypical world as a neurodivergent ...

We’re all familiar with the idea that rates of neurodivergence are rising, and that the speed is taking clinical and educational services to the brink. The Center for Disease Control in the USA report ...

Many children with autism not only struggle with social skills and communication, they also have great difficulty with handwriting, according to a new study in the journal Neurology. Researchers ...

A new, large study confirms earlier findings that children with an autistic sibling have a 20% chance of being autistic themselves. Siblings of autistic children have a 20% chance of being autistic ...

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Children with autism have different brains than children without autism, down to the structure and density of their neurons, according to a study by the University of Rochester Medical Center, New ...

Trevor Mazzucchelli is a co-author of Stepping Stones Triple P – Positive Parenting Program and a consultant to Triple P International. The Parenting and Family Support Centre is partly funded by ...

Many parents find that raising an autistic child is an incredible privilege, bringing about increased family closeness, personal growth, and expanded social networks. However, research shows that ...

Emotion regulation is a universal challenge for adults and children alike and the primary reason why individuals seek psychological support. Autistic children’s emotion regulation is impacted by ...

Racial disparities continue to exist in autism research, negatively impacting Black autistic children. They are misdiagnosed, receive access to inferior quality services, and are almost twice as ...