There was a time when I considered Andrew’s arm flapping to be a maladaptive behavior; a piece of the autism puzzle that needed to be solved and put in its place. I worried that those wild flailing ...

For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it comes in several distinct ...

A Brown University professor wants to move the fulcrum on how people with autism are viewed — from tragedies to unique individuals who demonstrate the same behaviors all human beings exhibit. “The ...

Last week, I saw another meme in my Facebook feed castigating parents for forcing their autistic kids to make eye contact and to sit with “quiet hands,” rather than flapping. It’s a common theme in ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Findings from behavioral and brain studies are expanding and evolving researchers' understanding of autism, its causes, consequences and potential cures. One group ...