Children diagnosed with autism often have difficulty making eye contact, which can inhibit their ability to create and maintain fulfilling social relationships. Research has also shown that social ...

A new study found that non-autistic U.K. adults are less able to understand animations (representing specific words) ...

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Tink Tank Animate is a nonprofit, autism center that exists to support neurodiverse artists, from beginners to advanced, as they exercise and develop their cognitive skills through story creation, as ...

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) -- referring to the group of complex disorders of brain development including autistic disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder, pervasive developmental disorder and ...

For more than a year, researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso's Stanley E. Fulton Gait Research & Movement Analysis Lab in the College of Health Sciences have been using real-time 3D ...

(NEW YORK) — Owen Suskind’s world came to a halt in 1993. The toddler stopped talking, showing affection and engaging in the world around him. His parents Ron and Cornelia Suskind took him to a doctor ...

A new documentary tells the story of Owen Suskind, a boy with autism whose love of Disney helps him navigate the world. David Edelstein calls... A Boy With Autism Makes Connections Through Cartoons In ...

In "Life, Animated," Ron and Cornelia Suskind share journey with their son, Owen — -- Owen Suskind’s world came to a halt in 1993. The toddler stopped talking, showing affection and engaging in ...