“We’d have been social distancing for 13 years now without a faithful furry friend to keep Alex safe,” said the mother of an 13-year-old autistic child. Source: The Autism Site

Nearly 45% of children and adolescents with ASD use medications that have negative side effects on dental health.Source: The Autism Site

By Megan Amodeo Do you ever think about what might happen if you can’t follow your daily scheduled events? Let’s face it, life can be uncomfortable. We don’t always have control over our daily activities. You probably never give a second thought to your daily routine, unless things don’t go ac…

Autistic Author Interview Travis Breeding Travis Breeding has written over 15 books about his experiences with autism. Writing is a special interest and hobby for Travis. He feels it is important that people on the autism spectrum use their knowledge and talent to communicate what it feels lik…

Lucas eats about 20 packets of chips a day, leaving his mother scrambling to find enough of them for him.Source: The Autism Site

"I know people might not fully understand what it's like to have a child who has autism, but when they are particular about food they will literally only eat that food or not eat at all."Source: The Autism Site

Gretchen McIntire kicked off her “Being Brave 2020” by speaking at TEDxNatick. Leaning In to Braver Choices By Gretchen McIntire I’m finding more and more that establishing a healthier routine is much harder than I had realized. This is going to be a bit of an uphill climb but, …

Shireen Hu says her 6-year-old daughter, Raqayya, has autism and will only eat very particular foods, namely a specific type of pasta sold at Tesco.Source: The Autism Site

The mom reached out to Reddit for advice about the bullying and the teacher's response.Source: The Autism Site

“People have seen this phenomenon before, but it’s the kind of story that is hard to believe, which I think stems from the fact that we did not know the mechanism."Source: The Autism Site

"He’s amazing. He is just my world."Source: The Autism Site

She got to take her stuffed puppy for a lap just like the other participants did with their pets.Source: The Autism Site

Autistic Emotions and the Sensory System By Jess, Holistic Autistic Emotional regulation is the ability to respond to stimuli with emotions that are acceptable to the situation and to manage emotionally driven behaviors. This is something both inherent, and learned and developed over time. A p…

We first interviewed autistic author Elizabeth Jade (her pseudonym) in May 2018 when her first book, Akea, The Power of Destiny, was published. She told us that she was the child that struggled to fit in, and no one knew why: “[I was] the child who could tell you everything that had been going on ar…