Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Jim Elliott—a long-time reader contributor to Notes and one of the core ...

For people with autism—especially those with intellectual disabilities, or others with extensive support needs—communicating ...

When a child with autism can effectively communicate wants and needs, their frustration levels decrease. We talked with an expert at a.c.e. Therapies to learn ways to promote communication. For the ...

LeeAnn DiTomaso, co-owner of Access S2C in Highland Heights, was working as a labor-and-delivery nurse when a friend’s nonverbal son demonstrated his new spelling skills by typing out this message to ...

(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – July 18, 2016) Young people with autism who have difficulty speaking are discovering other methods to communicate, and California Lutheran University is starting a center to ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The Covid-19 pandemic unexpectedly ushered in a sense of calm worldwide, providing a ...

Difficulties in social communication are part of the phenotypic overlap between autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and schizophrenia. Both conditions follow, however, distinct developmental patterns.

An estimated 50,000 American adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) will turn 18 each year. Past research has indicated that the transition from school to adulthood presents significant ...

Jim Elliott—a long-time reader contributor to Notes and one of the core members of Ta-Nehisi’s old Horde—just wrote a long commissioned piece for The Atlantic criticizing “facilitated communication,” ...