A nine-year-old boy with severe behavioral challenges suddenly throws a full plate of food onto the school cafeteria floor. The consequence? His... Read more
A therapist shares six homeschooling strategies that have served him well in helping the parents and support networks of children with ADHD. Read more
Rather than a curse, ADHD expert Ned Hallowell believes this diagnosis comes with vast strengths. Read more
A controversial method makes talk therapy possible for people who don’t talk. Read more
By Christina Emanuel - Ryan’s reputation arrived before he did: brilliant, oppositional, angry, a general pain in the butt, and autistic. Over the years, he... Read more
An young woman with autism celebrates a very special night. Read more
Author Steve Silberman discusses what it means to view autistic people as individuals seeing the world in a different way, rather than just a checklist of... Read more
Adults with Asperger's syndrome often behave as if they were confused actors walking onto a stage and being the only ones who don't know the lines or the plot... Read more
Clients with ADHD often know the coping skills that can improve their lives—the problem is applying them in daily life. Read more
Part of the epidemic of misdiagnosed ADHD in young children today results from a failure to understand how trauma often leads to difficulty learning in school. Read more
When a child is diagnosed with an autism disorder, everything in a family changes. Good-enough parenting must give way to the demands of uber-parenting: always... Read more
By redefining Autism's five core deficits as opportunities to practice and develop skills, you can help your child make their own choices, coregulate, and... Read more
Constant Uncertainty about who's a friend and who's a foe, the mundane chaos of the classroom, rules that always seem to be changing—an ordinary day at... Read more
To go through life with Asperger's as an adult is like walking onto a stage and being the only actor who doesn't know the lines or plot. But as the condition... Read more
A therapist shares how to help adult clients with ADHD be successful in therapy. Read more
How the world looks to a 10-year-old with a learning disability. Read more
The real diagnosis hiding behind client's failed marriages, rage, and shame isn't always easy to spot. Read more
Millions of learning-disabled adults rely on intellectual guerrilla tactics to survive. Read more