Whether or not you have someone in your circle who is in the autism community, it's likely at some point you may come across someone who is, so it is beneficial to take steps to learn more about ...

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Facilitated communication is a form of alternative communication developed to help individuals with severe autism or other individuals who cannot express their thoughts and feelings vocally.

Speech therapy for autism helps improve communication skills, social interactions, and understanding of language. This can make daily interactions and learning more manageable for autistic people. In ...

The quirks in Ramsey Brewer’s conversation are subtle. The 17-year-old repeats himself from time to time and makes small mistakes in the words he uses. For instance, he says he and his best friend ...

Autism is clinically defined by impairments in social communication, leading to assumptions that individuals with autism are less effective communicators. But a new study challenges this notion. The ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Jim Elliott—a long-time reader contributor to Notes and one of the core ...

Autism spectrum disorders are associated with difficulties in social communication, long attributed to individual socio‐cognitive deficits. As a consequence of this perspective, stigma and pressure to ...

A new non-invasive brain stimulation technique known as accelerated continuous theta burst stimulation (a-cTBS) improves social communication at one month follow-up and has a favorable safety profile ...