By Pooja Mamnoor Click here for updates on this story 1/21/25 (LAPost.com) — Recent research suggests that children with autism spectrum disorder may experience significant cognitive benefits from ...

It's unlikely they have an autism spectrum ... They don't show social or emotional back-and-forth communication with others, including an inability to initiate a conversation. They have poor nonverbal ...

Portland-based IRL Social Skills helps neurodivergent and autistic youth develop communication skills and friendships in an area often overlooked by schools.

A newly registered nurse has created a new set of educational flashcards to support student nurses in their ... learning disability and autism and LGBT+ terminology. These were released in 2023 and ...

The spotlight effect is a psychological phenomenon that makes us believe everyone notices us more than they do, causing us to ...

The following is a summary of “Autism spectrum disorder, social anxiety and obsessive–compulsive disorders: beyond the ...

We understand one another better by mirroring one another's emotions. In her Ph.D. dissertation, Julia Folz concludes that people with autism or social anxiety can be helped by interventions focused ...

The "Shake Club" at Baldwin bans screens, phones, and distractions while focusing on face-to-face, in-person interactions.

Leadership and social influence were catapulted to the top three from the 2023 report when they were included at number nine. This speaks volumes about how much these top three skills are needed ...

Embracing the neurodiversity paradigm, which views autism as a difference in brain wiring rather than a disorder to be fixed, is not only a clinical imperative but a societal one.

People with good social skills get along with others, make friends, express what they think, consider the feelings of others, and are generally comfortable in social situations. An individual with ...

Are home-schooled children slow to develop social skills? No. Research shows that homeschooled kids are generally as socially skilled as children taught in schools, highlighting the fact that ...