For those on the spectrum with verbal skills, I strongly advise against ABA therapy. Parents may be instructed to pursue or even have schools insist on ABA therapy but it is really just behaviorism (think rats pushing a bar to get a treat) and is mostly designed to stop the "negative" autistic behaviors that interfere with teachers or administrators at school. While rewarding good behavior is not negative, the idea of trying to force neurodiverse individuals to stop things ne

A project called The ADHD Evidence Project is looking through the data and summarizing it. This link discusses the important role that the neurotransmitter Seratonin has in ADHD and the comorbid (occurring together but not one causing the other) disorders often found with it. Seratonin is involved in many functions in the body and perhaps most often understood as the key neurotransmitter in Anxiety and Depression. Many paeople who take SSRIs for related conditions notice a c

Medication There is a new non-stimulant drug approved by the FDA to treat ADHD. It's called Centanafadine . It's not yet approved, but via the pharm company's link: PRINCETON, N.J. & TOKYO, January 27, 2026 --( BUSINESS WIRE )--Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Otsuka) today announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for priority review the New Drug Application (NDA) for centanafadine,