If it’s not for communication, what’s the point? As I didn’t know much at the time, I made a mistake thinking that as soon as my son...

Which is better for autistic individuals? Although sign language was first developed as a means of communication for the deaf, it has...

I am happy to announce that the 2nd Edition of Communication Issues in Autism & Asperger Syndrome has now been published. In this book, I...

For more than 30 years, I’ve been researching autism. It all started, when my son, at the age of 2 and a half, was diagnosed (no, not...

The placebo effect can be defined as the power of the mind and the unconscious to heal in response to something (whether sugar pills or...

Autistic people have unique ways of communicating and interacting that are rooted in their unique ways of thinking and experiencing the...

Some individuals with ASD (especially those with high-functioning autism and Asperger syndrome) possess well-developed spoken language,...

The Intense World Syndrome and other ‘sensory theories’ Although already in the very first descriptions of autistic children, researchers...

To speak (another language) or not to speak (with an autistic child)? Typically developing children in multilingual families tend to pick...