If you have ever seen a child rapidly flapping their hands or rocking back and forth, you may have wondered what it means.

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Researchers at Kanazawa University have identified a previously unrecognized mechanism by which structural changes in the ...

Every time I write about extremely aggressive or self-injurious behaviors – either those my son Jonah exhibited before he was medically stabilized in 2010, or those of other autistic teens I know who ...

Researchers at Kanazawa University have identified a previously unrecognized mechanism by which structural changes in the ...

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