Sep. 24—For most of his 15 years, Ryan Edghill-Pearson was trapped in a prison of silence like many people with autism—he couldn't speak. For most of his 15 years, Ryan Edghill-Pearson was trapped in ...

Jude Valant, a 19-year-old non-verbal student with severe autism, relies on a communication method called Rapid Prompting ...

LeeAnn DiTomaso, co-owner of Access S2C in Highland Heights, was working as a labor-and-delivery nurse when a friend’s nonverbal son demonstrated his new spelling skills by typing out this message to ...

Despite therapy one-third of autistic kids do not advance to spoken language. Motor imitation is a key factor for language ...

A large-scale analysis of data on autistic preschoolers reveals that while the majority of children gain spoken language ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. A large-scale study reveals why some autistic children remain minimally verbal despite intensive ...

After receiving evidence-based early interventions, roughly two-thirds of non-speaking kids with autism speak single words, ...

One of my favorite analogies for describing the emotional experience of a parent whose child has special needs is Emily Perl Kinglsey’s poem “Welcome to Holland.” “Welcome to Holland” likens a ...

A study of children with autism spectrum disorder found that a therapeutic intervention using robots was effective in improving their social development and participation in social activities. After ...

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 ...

Ryan Edghill-Pearson rides with Norm Sparks. Then he wrote: “I want to participate in regular classes in school,” bouncing up and down with his excitement in his chair at the prospect. Ryan became ...