An independent, specialist school for pupils with social, emotional and mental health issues, and autism, has had its first ...

In one of her last pronouncements before being sacked by Andy Burnham, the now former education secretary, Bridget Phillipson ...

The number of people with the condition has increased rapidly in recent decades. Some researchers and clinicians worry that ...

“I picked up the report, sat in my car, and read it. I went completely numb. I didn’t know whether I should tell my parents, tell my son’s father, or tell anyone at all. I remember staring at those ...

A large–scale international study has identified two contrasting patterns of communication between brain regions in some children and young people with autism.

Feeling abandoned and overwhelmed, families are turning to controversial new therapies backed by the US health secretary Landyn Holdren is an eight-year-old autistic child who has high support needs ...

Autism affects communication and behaviour and requires personalised, supportive care India faces rising autism cases, with 1 in 65 children affected and many undiagnosed Early intervention improves ...

Parents can learn about strategies for use when their children talk back or refuse to listen at a symposium this month. Chefanices Williams, an educational therapist at Victor Scott Primary School, is ...

About five months after U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touted leucovorin as “an exciting therapy that may benefit large numbers of children who suffer ...

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) looks different for every child, with a unique set of goals. (Photo Credit: E+/Getty Images) ABA is a type of interpersonal therapy. Your child usually works with a ...

A mother's Facebook post inviting people to play chess with her son with autism has received warm responses from netizens. On Jan 16, food operator Nur Syazana Zakaria, 36, posted a message in the ...