by John Testore I’m a British married man on ASD/ADHD living in Asia with my Asian wife. I constantly need to keep my mind busy. I can’t bear hot-humid air forcing me to stay indoors during the Monsoon Asian Summer well in the 40C aggravated by 90% humidity. The air-conditioner screams for mercy 24…

The Speech Accessibility Project, led by Mark Hasegawa-Johnson at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is making significant strides in improving speech recognition technology for individuals with speech differences, especially those with Parkinson’s disease. The project, supported by …

by Daniel Antonsson We are all different with our own history when it comes to social life and friendship, no matter if we have Autism or not. When I take a look at my life and the people around me as well as my character as a person, I can see a pattern throughout my life, let me come back to this …

Sympathetic neurons pepper the embryos of the jawless fish—Earth’s first vertebrates—and overturn the idea that “fight or flight” was an innovation of jawed vertebrates. SourceSource: Spectrum News

A Toronto theatre company called Pleiades Theatre is making big efforts to make their shows more accessible for Deaf audience members. They’re doing this by offering augmented reality (AR) glasses for every performance of their new production, Tyson’s Song, which runs for four weeks at Factory…

By Nils Skudra This past weekend, I had the opportunity to watch ASD Band: The Movie, a highly informative documentary about a group of young musicians on the autism spectrum in Toronto who have formed a band, named “ASD Band,” that actively promotes autism awareness and acceptance. Each of the band…

By Ashleigh Evans, MS, BCBA Behavior Technicians (BTs) and Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs) are vital for the success of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy programs. When opening a new ABA clinic or beginning a new supervisory relationship, it’s important to establish an environment wi…

The Dartmouth College researcher talks about her quest to understand behavior and doing neuroscience “in the woods.” SourceSource: Spectrum News

By Martine Mussies In the muggy classroom, even the most recalcitrant boys now seemed too lame to argue. It was a scorching hot day, a few days before the summer holidays. The textbook for Dutch language was finished and the textbook for calculation was far from it, but I believe the teacher had giv…

By Ron Sandison My tone ‘on social media’ ranges from funny to serious, to angry to goofy, but what remains the same is my passion to get my message across and dedication to understanding more about autistic people. Paige Layle I enjoyed interviewing author Paige Layle and was refreshed by her hone…

PBS Kids has enhanced the accessibility of their programming by introducing American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters to sixty episodes across six popular children’s series – Arthur, Alma’s Way, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Donkey Hodie, Work It Out Wombats!, and Pinka…

by Zoë M. Lee when we see burning red in the sunrise, crimson petals on spiky flowers, scarlet coral in the depths of the seas, we don’t try to make them change their colour. we don’t say ‘be a softer pink’, we don’t secretly whisper ‘be a calm yellow’, we don’t wish they were a conventional blue. n…

Nintendo is often criticized for its lack of accessibility in gaming, particularly when it comes to remapping buttons and the mandatory use of multiple commands across its games. Unlike its competitors Sony and Microsoft, which offer specialized accessibility controllers, Nintendo has lagged behind …

This article was reposted with permission from Stages Learning and author Frankie Kietzman. Life is filled with routines. When you’re a student, you have years of repetition in a school setting to learn where to go when you arrive, how to get your lunch, transition in the hallways, and dress out …