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The chief science officer of ABA Centers writes that toys like the new autistic Barbie offer early lessons in inclusion for autistic children and their playmates.

A pioneering interdisciplinary study has shown that how young children play a simple iPad game could support early identification of autism. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) unveiled today its first-ever autistic Barbie doll created with guidance from the autistic community to represent common ways autistic ...

AN ORGANIZATION IN BOYNTON BEACH IS USING SENSORY PLAY TO HELP CHILDREN WITH AUTISM. THE FOUNDER OF JASON’S AUTISM SENSORY ENVIRONMENT, ANDREA PETERSON POWELL IS HERE WITH US THIS MORNING TO TELL US ...

Step into physical therapy professor Anjana Bhat’s colorful Move 2 Learn Innovation Lab on the University of Delaware’s Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus, and you may see ...

As a young woman, I wanted to have children, with a kind of oceanic hunger. But as a young mother, I wasn't prepared for the reality of mothering, the crowded panicky moments of mealtime, and then the ...

New program offers structured, play-based ABA therapy during after-school hours for children with autism or Down ...

When you talk to a child as an adult, you unconsciously change the way you speak. It is often thought that such adjustments are more difficult for autistic people, but new research shows that this ...

When you talk to a child as an adult, you unconsciously change the way you speak. It is often thought that such adjustments ...