May 27, 2010 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — Contrary to a common impression of monotonic speech in autism, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were found to have a significantly greater ...

A Canadian study has found that many young autistic children can acquire a second language without direct social exposure, often through media like videos or tablets. This challenges traditional ...

The consistency a language-teaching iPad app offers can help nonverbal children with autism pick up new words, according to a study funded by Autism Speaks. Speech-generating devices are already used ...

UCR education professor Katherine Meltzoff develops a set of telehealth tools that help clinicians diagnose autism remotely, ...

A tool that automatically assesses young children's vocalizations should enable faster and more objective measures of language learning in natural environments than current methods allow. And its ...

Toddlers' level of attention to 'motherese' speech can be used as a biomarker for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to new research. To measure it, scientists developed a new eye-tracking test ...

Speech or language impairments may not be the cause of more frequent tantrums in children with autism, according to researchers. The findings could help parents of children with autism seek out the ...

Motherese is a form of simplified, exaggerated melodic speech that parents use to communicate with newborns and young toddlers. A horse becomes horsie; a dog becomes doggie; parents become mama and ...

Parents of autistic children warn they are being “failed” by speech and language therapy, leaving families forced to pay for private treatment. A “postcode lottery” of services across the country can ...