In my role as editor-in-chief for a scholarly journal, I recently received a letter criticizing intervention research on improving social skills in children with an autism spectrum disorder. Normally, ...

This article and the accompanying image originally appeared on the KU News site and are reposted here with permission. For more than a decade, University of Kansas researchers have been developing a ...

Service dogs have been found to be of great help to autistic children, promoting social interaction and enhancing safety. Autism is a developmental disorder that affects social interaction, ...

the most compelling evidence supporting the clinical benefits of music therapy lies in social-emotional responsiveness and communication, including reduced anxiety, improved speech output, receptive ...

People with autism are typically diagnosed by clinical observation and assessment. To deconstruct the clinical decision process, which is often subjective and difficult to describe, researchers used a ...

The birth of a child is a miraculous event. Parents look toward a birth with excitement and anticipation. The day finally arrives, and after the delivery, Mom lovingly counts all of the fingers and ...

For many years, autism has been identified as a spectrum with differing levels of ability. New research suggests that the age ...