CHICAGO (Reuters) - The brains of autistic children react to sounds a fraction of a second slower than those of normal children, which may help explain the communication problems associated with ...

Many autistic people face challenges in their daily life while navigating a world made for neurotypical people.

At Seattle Children's Center for Integrated Brain Research, Dr. John Welsh studies how the autistic brain processes sound. This is a wide open area of research and there is merit in thinking about a ...

In the first study of its kind, new research finds what children with autism see doesn't quite match up to what they hear. Think of it like watching a movie that’s badly dubbed. (Via Vanderbilt) ...

Imagine living in a world in which your natural way of being is constantly at odds with societal norms. This is a daily reality for many autistic individuals, some of whom use hidden strategies to ...

In the first study of its kind, researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia used neuroimaging to examine auditory processing in children with nonverbal autism. The study, published in ...