How do you tell the difference between a tantrum and a meltdown? As the autistic parent of an autistic child, I have a unique perspective on this question. First, a reminder that meltdowns are not ...

A longtime pizzeria owner has seen it all—rude kids, entitled parents, and chaos on the rise. But when a child with autism refused to follow simple restaurant rules, things escalated fast. The mother ...

There’s something so real about seeing a kid have a tantrum in public. They’ll throw themselves to the ground in the grocery store, shriek so loudly the whole city can hear, and turn red just because ...