When your child trips on his shoes, does it signal a developmental disorder in the making? Interfering with classmates’ work might now be viewed as an early sign of trouble.

A child screams violently when her grandmother tries to squeeze and kiss her goodbye. A little girl smacks her playmates in the head, without concern for consequences. Another child zones

From worksheets to short essays, there are a lot of assignments for your kid to crank out — and his teacher has to be able to read them. “Despite the

There’s plenty of autistic people blogging, mostly adults since it’s mostly adults who blog. Most of the ones I’ve read, most of the autistic adults who are involved in advocacy

Here are some suggestions to help you feel more at ease and able to participate as a full member of the team that plans your child’s special education program. Before

By Deborah Kotz, Globe Staff In the age of e-books for toddlers and endless TV programs aimed at the nursery school set, kids today become technologically savvy soon after they

(DAPHNE, Ala.) – Autism is known as the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the United States, and, so far, it has no means of detection or cure; only a vast

“ Some students benefit from using a weighted pencil, all of the writing time or sometimes. The extra weight gives a little extra proprioceptive input that alerts the student to

Superman swing: The superman swing is also referred to as our prone extension swing, meaning that the child is lying in a prone position (on his belly with his arms

A poster presentation at the 2012 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting researchers reported on a small study using a digital tablet to record precise handwriting metrics of 12 boys with