Sensory overload is often about uncertainty and how long the brain has to stay engaged—especially in autism and ADHD.

Mattel’s launch of its first autistic Barbie this week has been met with both celebration and criticism from the autism ...

Five-year-old Mikko’s eyes lit up with glee when she noticed something familiar about her Barbie: The doll held a fidget ...

The new Barbie also has eyes that look slightly to the side, a detail meant to reflect how some people with autism avoid ...

As diagnoses among the Black community continue to rise, Mattel has released a new Barbie celebrating autism. There’s a new ...

The headphones represent a way in which such devices can reduce sensory overload by blocking out background noise, while the ...

Both autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are neuropsychiatric conditions involving differences in brain structure and chemistry. There are some ...