The idea of the “autism spectrum” is widely used in diagnosis, education and public discussion. First developed by the psychiatrist Lorna Wing in the 1980s, the term was intended to reflect the wide ...

UCR education professor Katherine Meltzoff develops a set of telehealth tools that help clinicians diagnose autism remotely, ...

What if everything we thought we knew about autistic communication was wrong? For decades, autism has been described through a lens of deficit. Communication differences were framed as “deficits.” ...

The other day, I received a slew of pictures from Josy, my autistic son Nat’s caregiver. The group home housemates had gone to visit a quarry to look at the graffiti and do an Earth Day cleanup. I ...

Driver license or state-issued ID could also indicate a person is on the spectrum People with autism or any other communication disorder often have a difficult time communicating with police during a ...