Adults can help teenagers “ground” by asking them to notice and name things around them, by counting down from five. This ...

Some kids' braina are literally wired to process food differently, and they need specific support, not just more time.

Chrissie White understands what it means to be neurodivergent — when someone’s brain works differently than what is called ...

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognize objects, navigate cluttered spaces, and sort thousands of parcels an hour. But ask a robot to touch ...

Cristina Busu shares practical strategies on helping children with autism manage holiday overwhelm, sensory overload, and social expectations while keeping celebrations supportive, flexible, and ...

The Emily Program, a nationally recognized leader in eating disorder treatment, announced today the launch of the nation’s first ARFID Center of Excellence, a residential inpatient eating disorder ...

ARFID is an eating disorder that causes a person to restrict their diet to specific foods. Someone with the disorder may avoid certain foods for various reasons, including sensory issues. Unlike many ...

SAN DIEGO — Scientists have been working to understand how we sense the world around us. These findings will be presented at Neuroscience 2025, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and ...

Everyone copes with discomfort, trauma, and complex emotions in their own unique way, but for avoidant people, who prefer to run from and suppress these things, they often end up in more internal ...

Stella was eight years old when she stopped eating solid foods. She went from being a “foodie” to strictly consuming liquids, says Briana, Stella’s mother. That diet soon became problematic for Stella ...