April 2nd is World Autism Awareness and Acceptance Day, a day meant to build understanding, challenge misconceptions, and ...

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read. -Abraham Lincoln You cannot open a book without learning something. -Confucius Thanks to increased ...

George has sensory sensitivities and gets easily overwhelmed by sounds and visuals. George also has anxiety and is afraid of public restrooms. Because he worries about all the germs in the restroom, ...

Academics are investigating whether coping with the unknown or unexpected is a distinct contributor to anxiety in autistic ...

As a child, Trudi Sullivan would become very anxious by changes in her routine. No matter how hard she tried, she could not calm herself when that happened. Many years later, she was diagnosed with ...

Sensory sensitivities commonly overlap with anxiety in autistic kids and teens. For example, let's think about George. George has sensory sensitivities and gets easily overwhelmed by sounds and ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and comorbid anxiety show increased attention to faces, especially emotional faces, in comparison with objects following treatment with ...

Parenting is hard! It gets even more challenging when you add anxiety and autism to the equation. Your challenges with parenting a neurodiverse child are not personal failures. You and your child are ...

Boys are four times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls are, but girls may be more likely to experience anxiety alongside the disorder than boys, new research reveals. Anxiety tends to ...

College students with autism have dramatically higher rates of anxiety and depression compared to their peers, a new study says. Nearly two-thirds (65%) of college students with autism suffer from ...