It's a cliche for a reason—it's not easy being a kid, even under the best of circumstances. But when you're a kid with special needs, it's even harder. The same, of course, is true for parenting when ...

In 1938, an Austrian pediatrician named Hans Asperger gave the first public talk on autism in history. Asperger was speaking to an audience of Nazis, and he feared that his patients — children who ...

Children with severe developmental disabilities are frequently misdiagnosed as having bipolar disorder. These disabilities may include autism, genetic disorders affecting the brain, and intellectual ...

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For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it comes in several distinct ...

Mar. 23 -- FRIDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) -- Young autistic children have difficulty recognizing ordinary words, and their brains become overtaxed as a result, according to a University of Washington ...

Write about what you know. That's why Eric Garcia wrote his 2021 book, "We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation." Write about what you know. That's why Eric Garcia wrote his 2021 book, ...