The initiative grows out of repeated incidents in which children went missing, a behavior social workers say is common among children on the autism spectrum ...

ASPIE holds drop-in sessions at Vesta Tilley House in Lowesmoor for people with high functioning autism - previously known as Asperger’s. The centre was founded in 2011 by Sarah Micklewright and since ...

The cause of the stubborn child has been revealed. On the 27th, the story of a first grader who cannot hold back and acts out when angry was shared on Channel A's 'Today's Parenting: My Precious Child ...

In 1938, Hans Asperger, a pediatrician at the University of Vienna, described numerous children he observed as “autistic.” Courtesy of Dr Maria Asperger Felder Billy was 59 years old that spring or ...

Abstract: Social robots are often applied in recreational contexts to improve the experience of using technical systems, but they are also increasingly used for therapeutic purposes. In this study, we ...

Back in September, an X/Twitter account known as Autism Capital posted a screenshot of a written theory that appeared to be taken from 4Chan. The theory postulated that only “high [testostrone] alpha ...

Andrew Cashin receives funding from the Australian Government National Disability Insurance Agency Information Linkages and Capacity Building Grant Scheme Grant number 4-DW65XKD. This is a mainstream ...

Dear Annie: For 25 years, I thought my husband was blurting out inappropriate things too often in conversations. He was somewhat like his mother, who once said to me, “You look like you are going to ...

A person can display behavior that seeks positive or negative attention. Both children and adults may display attention-seeking behavior. Attention-seeking behavior can appear as acting out, excessive ...

Borderline autism is not a diagnosis — it is an informal term some people may use to describe mild symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Social communication difficulties and repetitive ...