Understanding each autistic child’s emotional experience requires exploring factors that lie beneath possible externalizing behaviors (such as meltdowns), understanding how their unique ...

The testing tools, observations of their play ... Social characteristics of autism commonly recognized in children include: Behavioral traits commonly recognized in autistic children include ...

The one-minute video game can distinguish neurologically normal children and children with ADHD from children with autism.

Children typically copy adult behavior as a social phenomenon. They don't do this to learn new skills and this differs among those with autism. Children typically copy adult behavior as a social ...

It has been our experience that in ASD children, behavioral changes caused by both IgE- and non-IgE-mediated diseases are often attributed to just being 'autistic' and no proper diagnosis and ...

WIU's Autism Clinic of Excellence (WACE) provides FREE autism evaluations for children between 0-8 years. The primary focus is for children ... consisting of a two-hour screening appointment which ...

Early intervention with highly structured behavioral, cognitive, and communication therapies can sometimes dramatically help children with autism learn skills. School-based educational programs ...

An autistic 2-year-old having a "meltdown ... The "hidden curriculum" of unwritten rules of behavior that most children learn through observation and imitation may prove challenging.

reduced repetitive behaviors and improved perspective taking skills, Uddin said. Uddin said there can be a concern among parents of autistic children that speaking multiple languages could ...

such as being “slow socializing” and a “behavior where I rock that bothers people,” known as “self-stimming” in autism literature, according to the Child Mind Institute. However, Gates credits his ...

as well as reduced levels of repetitive behaviors, compared to children in mono-lingual households. "It turns out that speaking multiple languages, whether or not you have a diagnosis of autism ...