Sometimes children, especially those who are neurodivergent or on the autism spectrum, can get overwhelmed when there’s too much going on. It can be helpful for kids and parents alike to turn down the ...

Kanner, in his ground-breaking “Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact” (1943), described numerous examples of atypical sensory processing in his case studies of autistic children, as well as how ...

The study reveals that children with potential autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show a significant preference for predictable visual stimuli, spending more time observing them than typically developing ...

When I was younger, I knew my brain worked differently. There wasn’t a term for it (or at least I didn’t know it), but I often had trouble focusing on one thing for too long. Although I was quick to ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Six-year-old Mason is drawn to the water. However, his father, Brandon Shaw, knows that Mason’s attraction to water can depend on the day, “With Mason, we can never take our eyes off ...

There are picky eaters, and then there are kids for whom the sensation of a grape tomato exploding in their mouth is unbearable. Children with autism spectrum disorder tend to favor particular ...