Positive reinforcement is a technique we intuitively make use of on daily basis. We usually don’t give it much thought, nor label it as a behavioral strategy. Encouragement from our loved ones (and ...

Positive Development, a developmental therapy provider for children with autism, announced Wednesday that it raised $51.5 million in Series C funding. The McLean, Virginia-based company’s model is ...

Drumming for 90 minutes each week helps autistic children overcome hyperactivity and attention deficit difficulties, report finds Learning musical patterns with tempo, volume and timing tunes brain ...

"All I knew was that Caitlin began having that glazed look in her eyes," Owen said. "She wasn't born autistic, but soon developed symptoms of the disability after a vaccination. When she was diagnosed ...

Recent studies reveal that about 700,000 people in the UK are autistic, which works out as around one in every 100 people in the population. Research also indicates that the numbers could be twice as ...

Mattel spent 18 months working with an advocacy organization to develop the doll, which includes noise-canceling headphones ...