Last week, I saw another meme in my Facebook feed castigating parents for forcing their autistic kids to make eye contact and to sit with “quiet hands” rather than flapping. It’s a common theme in ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Behavioral tics such as head banging, hand flapping, and body rocking are more common in toddlers living in orphanages, but often disappear after children are placed in ...

An informal poll in two Facebook groups I belong to for parents of severely autistic children confirmed we are all working on many of the same goals: physical safety, communication, toileting, basic ...