Public health research was not my first career. Before the words autism outcomes, services research, and life course perspective ever entered my mind, I practiced early intervention for children with ...

Adults with autism may be able to compensate for some of the language challenges that mark the disorder in children, according to new research from Johns Hopkins. The small study found that autistic ...

Researchers are examining the use of propranolol (a drug used to treat high blood pressure and control heart rate as well as to reduce test anxiety) to improve the primary traits associated with ...

You’re looking at a truck. You’re with a young child and he follows your gaze. He’s interested in the object you’re looking at without you pointing at it. This is called joint attention and it is one ...

You're looking at a truck. You're with a young child and he follows your gaze. He's interested in the object you're looking at without you pointing at it. This is called joint attention and it is one ...

As an influential federal autism committee considers moving to “neutral, strengths-based” language, some advocates are pushing back arguing that stripping words will merely “sanitize” the realities ...

Liz Pellicano receives funding from the Medical Research Council, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Clothworkers' Foundation, Pears Foundation and various autism charities. Words matter.

Syracuse, N.Y. -- When Heather Patrick was growing up, she knew she was different. At the age of 16, she was diagnosed with autism. She graduated from high school at 21, and went from one community ...

Reading a report written about you focused on “deficits” can be demoralizing, upsetting, and negatively impact mental health Source: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels In previous posts, we've discussed some of ...