When I began working with autistic adults, there was only one book I could find on the topic. It held a very narrow perspective on what autistic adults needed. Over the last 10 years, autism advocates ...

Dr. Timothy Buie answers the question: 'Underlying Condition Causing Tantrums?' Oct. 23, 2008 -- Question: Could there be an underlying medical condition that is causing my child with autism to act ...

April is Autism Acceptance Month. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects one in 36 children. That is nearly the equivalent of one child per classroom. This number has risen in recent years with ...

If you live with young children, there’s a good chance you’ve been on the receiving end of a child yelling, screaming, crying, throwing or hitting things. But how do parents know what is typical and ...

My daughter Carys was two when she discovered the devastating injustice of gravity. She’d been carefully stacking wooden blocks into a tower. It was higher than any structure she’d built before, but ...

A smartwatch system helps parents shorten and defuse children's severe tantrums by providing real time behavioral intervention strategies.

A smartwatch might help parents better manage their kids’ tantrums It helped parents intervene within seconds of an oncoming tantrum Overall, tantrum length was cut in half among children wearing the ...