Sep. 24—For most of his 15 years, Ryan Edghill-Pearson was trapped in a prison of silence like many people with autism—he couldn't speak. For most of his 15 years, Ryan Edghill-Pearson was trapped in ...

Approximately 30% of individuals with autism do not develop speech that is sufficient for meeting the communication demands of everyday life. People with autism and little to no functional speech rely ...

LeeAnn DiTomaso, co-owner of Access S2C in Highland Heights, was working as a labor-and-delivery nurse when a friend’s nonverbal son demonstrated his new spelling skills by typing out this message to ...

Jude Valant, a 19-year-old non-verbal student with severe autism, relies on a communication method called Rapid Prompting ...

Improving social communication skills in children with autism has traditionally relied on structured teaching approaches and ...

Despite therapy one-third of autistic kids do not advance to spoken language. Motor imitation is a key factor for language ...

Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, ...

A large-scale analysis of data on autistic preschoolers reveals that while the majority of children gain spoken language ...

In January, toymaker Mattel released the very first autistic Barbie doll. She’s wearing a loose purple dress and headphones.

Ryan Edghill-Pearson rides with Norm Sparks. Then he wrote: “I want to participate in regular classes in school,” bouncing up and down with his excitement in his chair at the prospect. Ryan became ...