A New York mother alleges her non verbal autistic child was confined in a classroom box described by the school as behaviour ...

A paraprofessional is accused of assaulting a non-verbal, 11-year-old student with autism at a Hope Mills elementary school.

Oliver Wendt, a Purdue University assistant professor of speech, language and hearing sciences, demonstrates how the SPEAK all! app allows the user to select images to create a sentence. A version of ...

Jude Valant, a 19-year-old non-verbal student with severe autism, relies on a communication method called Rapid Prompting Method to express his thoughts. His school won’t allow its use because it is ...

Photos shared to social media last month of what has been described as a wooden “timeout” box used to confine special needs ...

THIS MORNING. A FORMER SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IS FACING A CRIMINAL CHARGE FOR ALLEGEDLY HITTING A STUDENT. POLICE SAY THAT HAPPENED AT SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL EARLIER THIS WEEK. WESH TWO BOB HAZEN IS AT THE ...

The mother of a 3 year-old autistic and non-verbal toddler is calling for accountability after her son was left on a bus for three hours this week. "I haven't slept in three days. All I can think ...

Imagine having a conversation where every gesture and glance feels like a test. You're juggling eye contact, facial expressions, and tone of voice, all while trying to keep up with the words. You ...

My travels with autism started long before my diagnosis at the age of three years and three months. My family noticed autistic features from around 15 months of age. I never looked at people and did ...

Verbal behavior interventions grounded in applied behaviour analysis have emerged as central to supporting language and social communication skills in children with autism spectrum disorder. These ...