When my autistic son, Nat, was a baby, he would not play with toys. He put everything in his mouth or lined them up. He preferred the boxes things came in. I could not understand why he was so ...

Almost as soon as the iPad came out, parents and therapists began incorporating apps into autism therapy. The devices have been found to be highly effective for teaching children social skills and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, a jigsaw puzzle piece has been used to symbolise autism across the world. It has been used for charity logos and ...

Long associated with autism, new research is questioning whether or not the ubiquitous puzzle piece serves as a pro or con for organizations tied to the developmental disorder. Dating to at least the ...

A major international study from the Autism Sequencing Consortium with participation of researchers from the Danish iPSYCH psychiatry project, has recently mapped 102 new autism genes. The new ...

Our eyes, gestures, and tone bring us together in a more profound way than words alone. It’s why we look hopefully toward the return of in-person, face-to-face connection. When my autistic son, Nat, ...

TechCrunch first profiled Puzzle Piece, a startup that makes affordable tablets and apps geared toward children with autism, back in May. Though educational apps are helpful for teaching autistic kids ...

A major autism research journal is moving away from using a puzzle piece as a symbol of the developmental disorder months after a study found the imagery evokes negative connotations. With its latest ...

Chief Correspondent and Executive Editor, "Eye on America" Jim Axelrod is the chief correspondent and executive editor for CBS News' "Eye on America" franchise, part of the "CBS Evening News." He also ...

CALDWELL — Following criticism for its autism awareness police cruiser, the Caldwell Police Department pulled its car from last Saturday’s Treasure Valley Night Light Parade and is reevaluating its ...

His name was David. He was 10 years old and, to put it bluntly, compellingly weird—especially in the buttoned-down, groomed normality of suburban Long Island in the early 1960s. At the time, Michael ...