Music therapy has been used for decades to help children with autism spectrum disorder improve their impulse control and social and communications skills. Teaching them how to beat out repetitive ...

(WBIR) – A small room, only 19 by 11 feet, is drawing new families to the Dollywood amusement park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The park is the first in the world to open a calming room specifically ...

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (WHDH) — A police officer in Prince George’s County, Maryland is being praised for using music to help calm down a 23-year-old man with autism. A mother called the police ...

A day at the Dollywood Family Amusement Park is filled with enough sights, sounds and colors to overstimulate anyone ⁠— especially those with autism. That’s why Dollywood safety manager Judy Toth, who ...

This week’s featured app – Calm Counter by Touch Autism – is designed with the special needs community in mind, particularly individuals who may potentially benefit from a social story on anger in ...

April is Autism Acceptance Month. Meet artists, teachers & others living on the spectrum. An estimated 1 in 58 North Carolinians live on the Autism Spectrum. During Autism Acceptance Month, join us as ...