Nonverbal autistic child says first words after taking generic drug given to chemo patients By . Diana Bruk. Published Feb. 18, 2025, 3:35 p.m. ET.

Researchers have repurposed a generic drug, typically used for chemotherapy patients, to treat nonverbal children with autism. Dr. Richard Frye, who is driving research on the treatment of autism ...

In one recent, eye-popping case, a toddler with nonverbal autism — whose parents had been told their child would never speak — uttered his first words just three days after starting the drug.

Nonverbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) is a neurological condition affecting spatial awareness, motor skills, and social cues, with strengths in verbal skills but challenges in nonverbal communication.

Ed: I am working to redefine the way psychology and neurology look at children who are nonverbal and presumed profoundly intellectually disabled, Fennell says. [Recently] the Journal of the ...

One family’s breakthrough may provide hope for thousands of parents who’ve been told their children will never talk. When their son, Mason, now 5, was diagnosed with nonverbal autism at two ...

Parents who used nonverbal cues to raise quality of speech with children at 14 and 18 months had kids with higher listening vocabularies at 4.5 years of age, according to a study in PNAS. News ...

Little Heitor is a child with nonverbal autism, a form of the condition in which people speak very little or not at all and which affects between 25% and 30% of autistic people.

Kerry Magro, a professional public speaker and activist, was diagnosed with autism at age 4 and was nonverbal the first few years of his life. Today, he credits his own mother for supporting him ...

Children can 'catch' social bias through non-verbal signals expressed by adults. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 12 / 161221125425.htm ...

For children with autism, or those who are nonverbal, an iPad is a link to communicating with the world. With the touch of a finger, children who were at one time nonverbal now have a voice. Skip ...

ATHENS, Ala. — A child’s first word is always a major milestone, but for families with nonverbal children, it’s one that can seem out of reach. Taylor Blankenship is five years old and has ...