מה עוזר לילדים אוטיסטים לדבר? - למאמר בעברית A large new study (2025) examined 707 autistic children of preschool age (15 to 68 months) who received evidence based early interventions, in order to understand how many of them make progress in speech and which children remain with significant difficulty despite treatment. The researchers did not settle for asking whether there is treatment, but asked a much more important question for parents: How can we refine the intervention to increase the...

תת אבחון של של אוטיזם בבנות, האם כלי האבחון שלנו מפספסים? - למאמר בעברית Diagnosing autistic girls is a complex issue. Since most commonly used diagnostic tools have been validated primarily on boys, and given that autism in girls may present differently than in boys, diagnosing girls is often more challenging. A new Israeli study, conducted at the Hebrew University and in Ramat Gan and published in an international medical journal, examined the characteristics that autistic boys and girls...

להיות אחים של ילדים אוטיסטים - למאמר בעברית A diagnosis of autism in one of the family members affects not only the child and the parents but also additional circles, the brothers, the sisters, the grandfathers, the grandmothers and others. The effects have been examined in quite a few studies, including in Israel and include many insights, in addition to recommendations for successful coping, one that makes the complex situation accessible to siblings and safeguards their emotional state. In...