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 ...

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.

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 ...

Autism Speaks, North America's largest autism science and advocacy organization today released the Visual Supports and Autism Spectrum Disorder tool kit providing valuable guidance to parents, ...

Researchers believe that the process in our brain that allows us to see visual distinctions happen differently in the brains of children with an autism spectrum disorder. A study published in the ...