Maybe there are parents concerned about these things, but I certainly don’t know any. Parents of severely autistic kids have much bigger worries. An informal poll in two Facebook groups I belong to ...

When Aimee Karpien adopted her son, Henry, at 18 months old, she immediately suspected he had developmental delays and sensory processing challenges. “We quickly pursued evaluation through early ...

F rom the outside, autism can be difficult to understand. The unique sensory world of an autistic person can mean that a ...

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 ...