New research carried out by psychologists at Edge Hill University shows that contrary to popular belief, people with autism may actually be better than neurotypical people at reading emotions in some ...

THE Reverend W. Awdry, the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, was on to something in 1943 when he developed the smiling steam engine. It turns out that putting a human face on a cartoon train, bus or ...

Scientists at Autism Research Center at Cambridge University have designed a program involving cartoons to help autistic children identify emotions better. Alex Murphy, mother of an autistic child, ...

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Neurotypical people have spent a long time believing people with autism struggle to pick up on social and emotional cues. According to new research, this isn't always the case. Share on Facebook ...

Research found that The Transporters, a new series narrated by Stephen Fry, helped youngsters recognise key emotions after a trial period of just four weeks. The DVD was watched by a test group of 20 ...

Adults with autism are only slightly less accurate at reading people's facial emotions compared to their non-autistic peers, according to new research. Recent studies show we may need to revise widely ...

Most kids, even those with autism, don’t need to see this guy’s smile to tell he is happy. Oleh Slobodeniuk/Corbis People with autism face a host of difficulties in a society that doesn’t always ...

Angry facial expressions produced at real world speeds are harder for people with autism to recognize than other facial expressions, a new study finds. Both the intensity of an expression and the ...

There is a persistent stereotype that people with autism are individuals who lack empathy and cannot understand emotion. It’s true that many people with autism don’t show emotion in ways that people ...

Scientists at Autism Research Center at Cambridge University have designed a program involving cartoons to help autistic children identify emotions better Scientists at Autism Research Center at ...