In Bentonville, high school students have developed a cutting-edge device using AI and sensors to help nonverbal individuals ...

A ROW has blown up over the launch of the first autistic Barbie — complete with noise-cancelling headphones and fidget ...

(TNS) — Ereeni Roulakis is a speech language pathologist who uses play-based speech and language therapy to help New Orleans children with communication disorders and differences. Such disorders can ...

COLUMBIA - The Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment received a grant for speech-generating devices that can help kids with autism and complex communication needs to express their needs and ...

Autism prevalence is rising. In Northern Ireland, the prevalence of autism among school-aged children is 5.9% (2024/25), representing a 42% increase from the 2019/20 rate of 4.2% (Information Analysis ...

A new study published in Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools explores how elementary school–aged peers can be taught to support classmates with autism who are minimally speaking. The ...

Applied behavior analysis has become one of Medicaid’s fastest-growing costs, prompting cuts that families say threaten ...

One of my favorite analogies for describing the emotional experience of a parent whose child has special needs is Emily Perl Kinglsey’s poem “Welcome to Holland.” “Welcome to Holland” likens a ...