Find out how robot-assisted therapy for autism matches standard treatment outcomes while improving engagement and expanding ...

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has partnered with Soar Autism Center to open new early-intervention sites for kids 6 and younger.

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A Project HOPE staff member interacts with a child as part of an applied behavior analysis session, a therapy beneficial for some children with autism. (Provided to the South Carolina Daily ...

Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is a therapy for autism that encourages certain behaviors and discourages others. ABA therapy is controversial, as some argue that it reinforces the idea that autistic ...

In 1987, a prominent University of California, Los Angeles psychologist published the culmination of his life's work — and spurred headlines across the globe. Ole Ivar Lovaas claimed that delivering a ...

Autism has always been described as a spectrum, but for families, doctors, and educators, that word often feels too vague. It ...