Many have made the connection between obesity and autism in recent years. The data paints a telling picture of the connection between being overweight and being on the spectrum, especially in children. The roots of the connection can be chalked up to autism’s...
Autism is best described as a spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders with a similar set of symptoms. Those disorders tend to affect verbal and nonverbal communication, relationship building, and general thinking and behavior in children. The signs that a child may...
Recent studies have shown that there exists a relationship between autism and gastrointestinal disorders. To be precise, research by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that children on the autism spectrum are 3.5 times more likely to have...
Though a simple concept, neurodiversity is one of those terms that gets used a lot without much explanation. In its simplest definition, neurodiversity is the concept that when it comes to the human brain and nervous system, people don’t all end up the same. In other...
Despite a growing movement toward people-first and positive language in the world of autism and autism awareness, many neurotypical people and experts still tend to fixate on the “negative” side of autism. In reality, many of the characteristics of people on...
