Jenny Mathys of TEACCH will discuss “Visual Schedules for Persons With Autism” at the upcoming meeting of the Rowan County Chapter of the Autism Society of North Carolina. Scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Oct.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Students with mental and physical disabilities are faced with many challenges in the classroom. One of them is keeping up with a daily schedule. That’s why Amanda Ulfsax, a ...

New research suggests that the way brain networks reorganize moment-to-moment predicts autism severity. Children who spent ...

Approximately one in 68 children is identified with some form of autism, from extremely mild to severe, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. On average, diagnosis does not occur until ...

Early signs Children who go on to develop autism have a heightened ability to pick up fine visual details from as early as nine months of age. People with autism are known to have enhanced visual ...

Poor visual working memory can play an important role in the difficulties experienced by a child with autism, according to our recent research. The aim of this study was to compare the working memory ...