"Let It Out," a stand-up show hosted at the Laugh Factory, aimed to demonstrate that making comedy shows inclusive for ...
When I tell people that my 12-year-old son, Michael, is autistic, there are usually two types of responses. First, there’s ...
While prejudices against autistic people are not limited to any single political perspective, experts have observed that the ...
The tattoo has helped his non-verbal son communicate better with him. The post Dad of autistic boy inspires other parents to ...
It was as though the speaker, who has autism, had turned on a light in a dark room and people there, many in their 60s and ...
Autistic people and their families say they can ... Noah does not speak but sometimes uses pictures, an app on a tablet, or some sign language to communicate. When a reporter visited their ...
TC’s Matthew Zajic explains his recently published research on how scholars refer to autistic individuals in academic ...
Autism, also called autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a complex condition that affects how people interact, communicate, learn, and behave. People with ASD have differences in their brain ...
This is most stereotypically depicted as the way autistic children behave when they melt down. The image most people think of when they think of an autistic meltdown is the autistic child who lies ...
Counselling psychologist Niamh Delmar shares her insights into neurodiversity, and how society can develop a more ...
"The main problem that autistic people and their families face is the lack of support and resources across the life span." I erroneously believed that to be the case because, when Silberman wrote ...
A new study by the University of Queensland has found that people on the autism spectrum are three to five times more likely to die by suicide. Jessica Revill, who lost her son to suicide in 2020 ...