Twenty years ago, psychology professor Dominic Massaro never dreamed his investigation of how humans comprehend language and speech would benefit hearing-impaired and autistic children. But his ...

Research on language development in autism has rarely included Deaf children, despite evidence that modality and parental hearing status shape the input autistic children receive Background Research ...

After receiving evidence-based early interventions, roughly two-thirds of non-speaking kids with autism speak single words, and approximately half develop more complex language, according to a new ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a three-year grant to study the use of eye-tracking technology to measure "implicit word comprehension" for some ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- When Heather Patrick was growing up, she knew she was different. At the age of 16, she was diagnosed with autism. She graduated from high school at 21, and went from one community ...

There is a moment many families recognize. A question is asked or a conversation begins, and then there is silence. Not the ...

“We navigate both worlds, and our kids grow up with the best of both,” Janet Moreno tells PEOPLE Norma Fayak Photography | Northern Virginia & Washington D.C. Portrait Artist The 39-year-old mother ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After coaching, parents were more likely to use strategies to help their child with communication. Caregiver ...