A small study by researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine has identified a biological marker in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of human infants that may predict the future development of...

Autism researchers are starting to think that autistic and non-autistic faces may “speak a different language” when conveying emotion. This could mean the “social difficulties” often...

As the coronavirus epidemic continues to drone on, Americans are embracing a new “normal” and leaving behind the daily routines that, until recently, crafted so much of daily life. But for...

Home-based learning plans are not the same for all 19 government-funded special education schools in Singapore. Some cater to students with intellectual disabilities, while others are meant for those...

Getting a job can be difficult these days, even more so for those with special needs. For Faris Wong, who has autism spectrum disorder, finding employment in Singapore is a challenge as opportunities...

Madam Nur Hidayah Shahrudin used to take her son Rizq to parks or to Changi Airport every week so he could practise walking with his pacer gait in large open spaces. But as social distancing and...

As any student of American history will tell you, a presidential campaign doesn’t have to end in electoral victory to change history. From William Jennings Bryan advocating social welfare...

Some people with autism have an unusually large head: This fact has been known since autism was first described in the 1940s. But debate about this finding has raged ever since. How many people with...

MANILA, Philippines – Every morning, Marjorey Rubio and her husband are awakened by their 6-year-old son’s plea to go outside the house. It had been the established routine of the child diagnosed...

With the increasing spread of Covid-19 in Singapore, wariness between strangers has naturally heightened. This was not the case between a SMRT staff and a young boy though, as witnessed by one Kelvin...