Parental estrangement among autistic adults may signify a desire for safety and respect rather than simply severing ties. An ...

A new study suggests that bilingualism can improve cognitive and social skills in children with autism. Multilingual children ...

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These refreshingly authentic and playful picture books celebrate the many kinds of love that can fill kids’ lives.

It’s about what it means to be a young person in a generation that is going to end, and is currently changing the world,” the lauded poet said of her new book.

“The Diamond Mine” offers a brief, dreamy chronicle of a teenage girl’s sexual awakening with an Afrikaans soldier about to ...

The multilingual children demonstrated better executive function than their peers who spoke one language, regardless of ...

They call it masking. That’s when someone with ADHD or autism tries to act how you expect them to, but not in a way that makes sense for them. They tell us it can be exhausting.

The best children’s books of all time Choosing the best children’s books of all time is no easy feat. After all, there are ...

Having weighed the evidence and concluded vaccines are safe, the scientific community moved on. The community of mothers did not.

Children are curious. They ask questions. A few weeks ago a little girl asked me about the “crack” in my chest: the scar from heart valve surgery in 2010. Sometimes it’s difficult to know ...

Printers ink must run in Zachary Steele’s blood. Before he founded Broadleaf Writers Conference and before he wrote the novel “The Weight of Ashes,” he owned and operated a bookstore in Decatur called ...