There was a time when I considered Andrew’s arm flapping to be a maladaptive behavior; a piece of the autism puzzle that needed to be solved and put in its place. I worried that those wild flailing ...

Repetitive motor behaviors such as hand flapping and rocking occur in more than one third of toddlers who do not meet ...

One readily noticeable pathognomonic trait of autism is hand-flapping—a stereotyped motor movement that can look a bit like an attempt to accelerating the drying of nail polish. Not all with autism do ...

Presented by Pediatrics for All April is Autism Awareness Month, a time to focus on understanding autism and recognizing how early identification can make a lifelong difference. Dr. Niranjan Dass ...

One readily noticeable pathognomonic trait of autism is hand-flapping—a stereotyped motor movement that can look a bit like an attempt to accelerating the drying of nail polish. Not all with autism do ...

In children with autism, repetitive behaviors and gastrointestinal problems may be connected, new research has found. The study found that increased severity of other autism symptoms was also ...

A Brown University professor wants to move the fulcrum on how people with autism are viewed — from tragedies to unique individuals who demonstrate the same behaviors all human beings exhibit. “The ...