April is Autism Acceptance Month. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects one in 36 children. That is nearly the equivalent of one child per classroom. This number has risen in recent years with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will add an ...

It’s not hard to make some really meaningful tweaks that would improve the lives of a lot of autistic people. And before you begin to wonder why this would ever be relevant to your life, consider that ...

After 10 years of being a parent of an autistic child, there are many things that I wish I knew on “Day 1.” Whether you’ve just received the diagnosis for your child or have been managing for years, ...

Christine LyBurtus was aching and fearful of what might happen when her 13-year-old son returned home. Noah had been sent to Children’s Hospital of Orange County for a psychiatric hold lasting up to ...

Université de Montréal psychiatry professor Laurent Mottron has spent his career studying the cognitive processes of people ...

For autistic children, school trips can be both highly valuable and, at times, unintentionally inaccessible. One of the most ...