Is it a supernatural or natural phenomenon? It depends. For example, if we see ‘telepathy’ as something ‘unscientific’ and ‘not worthy’...

The way we perceive the world affects the way we store and use information. The conscious mind is not the only way of receiving...

A painful truth Sensory stimuli can be experienced very differently by autistic individuals. Just because we may not feel something, it...

Though echolalia can be non-communicative , in many cases it is used for communication. Parents of autistic children (with echolalia) can...

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...

Why can’t my child speak? It was estimated that about one third (Bryson 1996) to one half (Lord & Paul 1997) of autistic people never...

We assume that language is necessary verbal (i.e., comprising of words). That is why we say that children are verbal if they can talk (no...

At about the same age all typically developing children, no matter what culture they are born into, manifest similar patterns of speech...

It is not as simple as ABC When we come across a behaviour that’s difficult, there’s a popular method that’s used to help parents and...

Thomas, a 12-year-old autistic boy has a long history of some features of anxiety and depression. For the past several months, he has...

Gilles de la Tourette syndrome or Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by sudden, brief, repetitive,...

- ‘Mum, on my way home from school I met a very nice lady. We chatted. She sent you her best wishes.’ - ‘But who was this nice lady?’ -...

During a science lesson, the teacher shows a picture of a plant and explains what different parts of the plant do. ‘The root holds the...

“[After the assessment] I was surprised to learn that most of [the infantile reflexes] were still present and uninhibited in me at the...

Why motor problems are a sign of ASD and how identifying them at a young age can lead to better results for the child.