Every time I write about extremely aggressive or self-injurious behaviors – either those my son Jonah exhibited before he was medically stabilized in 2010, or those of other autistic teens I know who ...
The intersection of autism and stalking behavior in the context of Title IX is complex and requires a nuanced approach. Title IX is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in ...
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London shows that "Predictive Parenting," a group-based behavioral parenting intervention for parents ...
Your surroundings may influence your social behavior more than you realize. New research from the Brain Research Institute at ...
Is It Time To Move Away From ABA Therapy To Treat Autism? Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a type of therapy that can be used to treat a variety of different behaviors, but its most common ...
New research shows autism rates in women may match men by adulthood, revealing diagnostic bias and the urgent need to update ...
As schools across the country welcome students back to campus, these changes may be a struggle for those students with autism and create a significant safety risk: wandering. Wandering, also known as ...
The behavioral disorders observed in autism are associated with a multitude of genetic alterations. Scientists have now found another molecular cause for this condition. The transcription factor MYT1L ...