Parent-mediated interventions constitute a class of early-intervention approaches in which caregivers are trained to adopt therapeutic techniques within naturalistic home and community settings to ...

Timely progression through the early detection-diagnosis-intervention pathway is critical for optimizing outcomes in autistic children but is often impeded by barriers. This multi-center study aimed ...

On April 2, the Autism Society of America (ASA) featured a speller in their mass mailing celebrating “Autism Acceptance Day.” While many people with varying disabilities type as their primary method ...

AT PEACE Study supports providers who coach parents of children with autism on how to implement therapy strategies into their daily routines. Dr. Melanie Pellecchia is an Assistant Professor of ...

When a child is diagnosed with autism, health care professionals often recommend intensive interventions, which can amount to 20-40 hours per week, to support their development. However, a new study ...

A landmark review of autism therapies has uncovered that there is no strong evidence that alternative treatments work, and they have not been evaluated for safety. The most comprehensive analysis of ...

Thanks to large amounts of research, doctors and parents are getting better at identifying and working with children with autism. But it can be difficult to transition all that research into clinical ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a ...

Picky eating is a challenge most parents are familiar with, but for parents of autistic children, severe selective eating can ...

Continuing Education Credits: up to 11 hours, through American Psychological Association (APA), Pennsylvania State Board of Social Work (PA SBSW), or International Accreditors for Continuing Education ...

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 ...

Autism Spectrum Disorder now affects approximately 1 in 31 children in the United States, according to the CDC's 2025 ADDM Network report. Yet despite decades of research and a growing array of autism ...