Dangerous Restraint-and-Seclusion Policies Put Disabled Students at Severe Risk
These policies continue to traumatize and endanger children and teens.
Autism
In Defense of Stimming
Applied behavioral analysis has left a legacy of traumatized kids. Why is it still the standard of treatment?
On Libertarians, Autism, and Empathy
Historian Nancy MacLean's off-the-cuff remarks earlier this month may have mischaracterized libertarianism, but they totally distorted autism.
Imagining a Fuller Spectrum of Autism on TV
Someday, TV will give us autistic characters who aren't all awkward savants. In the meantime, we'll keep claiming characters for our own.
Alexis Toliver's Advocacy for the Voiceless
"I honestly think that it will take a person with autism to find the 'cure' to autism, so that the world understands that autism doesn't need to be cured," Toliver says.
Why America Keeps Criminalizing Autistic Children
When non-white autistic students get in trouble, schools have a track record of escalating tensions and treating it as a criminal matter.
Yet Another Case for Vaccination
A large-scale study shows that autism may be dramatically less likely in vaccinated children.
The Links Between Mental Illness and Gun Violence
Vanderbilt University’s Jonathan Metzl and Kenneth MacLeish address our anxieties and correct our assumptions.
The Troubling Connection Between Pesticides and Autism
A new study provides more proof that pregnant mothers should stay far away from pesticide sprays.
Autism Shows Why Disease Is So Hard to Solve
What's not a cause of autism? Vaccines. What is? Genetics—but only in a partial, tangled, complicated way that we're still trying to figure out.
Our Public Schools Must Be More Autism-Friendly—Here’s Where to Start
We’ll continue to work toward discovering why more and more kids are being diagnosed, but in the meantime we need to provide help for the ones who are already on the spectrum. One frustrated mom proposes 10 easy-to-implement solutions.
To Make Friends, Autistic Kids Need Advice—and Space
Kids with autism need help when it comes to making friends—but they also need their independence.
The 'DSM-5': Introducing the Latest Edition of Psychiatry's Diagnostic Bible
What does it mean that the American Psychiatric Association is switching from Roman numerals to Arabic? And will the critics ever be won over?
Changing Parental Attitudes on Child Vaccinations
Pediatrics specialist Dennis Rosen says rebuilding trust between patients and health providers can change parental attitudes regarding child vaccinations and save young lives.
iPad App 'Proloquo2Go' Gives the Gift of Voice
Expensive computers that help facilitate face-to-face communication have been overtaken by cool — and relatively cheap — "Proloquo2Go" software and devices like the iPad and iPod.
The Logical Leap in the Vaccine Controversy
The apparent connection between vaccines and autism didn't reveal much about medical safety but did reveal lots about thinking.
TV Can Turn Public’s Dial
Research suggests entertainment programming on television can and does influence viewers' opinions on public policy issues.