Impairments in language and communication skills represent the core diagnostic features of autism. Individuals with autism often show delays in language acquisition; some with deficits as severe as ...

Dr. Sailaja Golla is an associate professor of pediatrics, a pediatric neurologist and a neurodevelopmental specialist at ...

People with autism are typically diagnosed by clinical observation and assessment. To deconstruct the clinical decision process, which is often subjective and difficult to describe, researchers used a ...

Inna Fishman and Rowena Ng place electrodes on the scalp of an individual with Williams syndrome. In Brain Sense, I tell the story of thirteen-year-old Charlie Betz (not his real name). Charlie has ...

A paper recently presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research verified what many parents of kids with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) already know – that children with some form of ...

This article is authored by Nandini Chatterjee Singh and Mugdha Joshi.

Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by persistent differences in social communication and interaction, ...

Picture a resident who eats the same meal every day and becomes visibly agitated when the schedule shifts. Someone who avoids ...

High-functioning autism often goes unnoticed, yet daily work life can involve constant mental effort, masking and sensory challenges. Here's what it really looks like.