Kelvin's mother says the inappropriate award is a form of bullying by his son's teachers.Source: The Autism Site

No one noticed 14-year-old Michael was missing for over an hour.Source: The Autism Site

The woman was a licensed daycare provider for several children.Source: The Autism Site

“I always wonder what would happen if I was in a car accident with my daughter in the car and I was unable to let the doctors know that my daughter could not have a MRI due to having a cochlear implant."Source: The Autism Site

By Austin John Jones I want to talk about something very personal to me: relationships. I have had fairly minimal experience with being in relationships. I have had 4 online dating relationships (which didn’t work out), and I would say 2 “serious” real life relationships. One of them is the current …

"My son might not be able to talk, but he knows perfectly well what is going on around him. He isn't even ten years old and he knows that he is unwelcome."Source: The Autism Site

You've heard of "high-functioning" autism, but it doesn't mean what you think it does.Source: The Autism Site

He very easily could have told Colin he was busy, or to come back later, or any number of things, but he didn’t.Source: The Autism Site

“It was so amazing to see the smile on his face and just how excited he was."Source: The Autism Site

Autism is not a disease… it is a difference. My ribbon celebrates these differences by including words that I associate with who I am. Wen of Zen, cover image title “Autism Talking” Started in 2005 in an online forum for autistic people, Autistic Pride Day, June 18, is a day to cel…

This fascinating experiment was intended to gauge if and how bystanders intervene.Source: The Autism Site

The connection actually isn't that bizarre. The rotavirus targets insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas -- which are the same cells that are affected in people with Type 1 diabetes.Source: The Autism Site

By Megan Amodeo I was always a quirky child. I remember playing with other kids in my neighborhood, but I relished spending time alone in a small fort a made in my backyard between some bushes and the neighbor’s fence. Actually, it was just a ditch I dug in the dirt. It was a small and cozy space an…

By Kimberly Gerry-Tucker I have an abacus in my basement. It’s got a wooden frame and is about the height of a Kindergartner. My late mother worked in the school system over 25 years and when the classroom updated their room, my mother took the abacus from the discard pile. When I walk by it t…