Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition with varied trajectories through the lifespan, leading to individualized patterns of ...

Re “Autism Clinics Pursue Profits From Preschoolers” (front page, May 25): Your investigation into applied behavior analysis, or A.B.A., provides long-overdue scrutiny of this industry’s enormous cost ...

Executive function describes a set of cognitive processes and mental skills that help an individual plan, monitor, and successfully execute their goals. The “executive functions,” as they’re known, ...

New Endocrine Society research found prenatal exposure to DEHP — found in hospital IV tubing and food packaging — permanently ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Researchers at Kanazawa University have identified a previously unrecognized mechanism by which structural changes in the ...

It’s time to move past a rigid, one-size-fits all behavioral model.

Conduct problems—including persistent rule-breaking, aggression, irritability and difficulty following school rules—are ...

The Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Autism Studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell adopts the scientist-practitioner model to prepare students with the knowledge and ...

Autistic individuals often struggle with accepting rejection, instead trying harder to get others to appreciate them for ...