WILLIAMSVILLVE, N.Y. - If Kaylie Clinton, 12, is out in public and is upset or has an outburst, people might be quick to judge. If you don't take the time to get to know her, you might never learn ...

HEATH – For most of their lives, twin brothers Gabe and Gatlin Britt lived in silence. Born nonverbal and autistic, the Heath teenagers could not tell their parents when they were happy or when they ...

In a science class at Lakelands Park Middle School, 13-year-old Mike Keller sat between his professional aide and his science partner during a lesson about how force affects balance. The Montgomery ...

A 13-year-old boy with autism uses a keyboard to communicate in class in Gaithersburg. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post) Regarding the March 1 front-page article "The key to unlock their autistic ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Nicholas D'Amora wants the world to know that autism isn't an intellectual disability -- it's a mind-body disconnect. And he'll proudly tell you himself. D'Amora, 19, is on the ...

Jim Elliott—a long-time reader contributor to Notes and one of the core members of Ta-Nehisi’s old Horde—just wrote a long commissioned piece for The Atlantic criticizing “facilitated communication,” ...

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A group representing the nation’s speech-language pathologists is warning against using controversial “facilitator-dependent” communication techniques with people who have disabilities. The American ...

RACINE COUNTY — Imagine wanting to tell your parents you love them, but being trapped in a body unable to do so. Or having so much you want to say, but not even being able to tell someone if your ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Jim Elliott—a long-time reader contributor to Notes and one of the core ...