By the time he was four years old, he had memorized many different songs and could play them by heart. Now, he amazes the world with his musical abilities. The post Meet Derek Paravicini, The Blind Autistic Savant With Perfect Pitch appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site

You'd never know it by looking at his amazing drawings today, but when he was younger, D.J. Svoboda could barely grasp a pen.Source: The Autism Site

Honorable Labor Secretary Perez and Prospective Employers… Do you want to know why you must employ me, according to my terms, with a livable salary? I invite you both to keep repeating Labor Secretary Perez’s recent words as you read my letter… We all succeed only when we all succeed. But my review …

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Foster care is intended as a temporary solution for children whose parents cannot care for them. At any one time, about half a million children in the United States are in foster homes. Policy points: Frank talk about policy issues in autism The foster care system has a reputation as a place for ch…

This support dog has deeply impacted the lives of everyone in the family.Source: The Autism Site

An analysis of genetic sequences from nearly 500 people with autism and their relatives has linked 13 new genes to the condition1. It has also uncovered a genetic cause for autism in about 10 percent of the autistic participants. The results are the first to emerge from SPARK, launched in 2016 to co…

Researchers have monitored the active genome in brain organoids over the course of nearly two years. The patterns they see may hold clues about where and when in the developing brain scientists should look for autism’s origins. The researchers presented the unpublished work yesterday at the 2019 Soc…

Compiled by Art of Autism Board member Keri Bowers “I created this digital piece of Amy Sherald to honor her boldly compelling persona, vision and art. Sherald famously painted Michelle Obama, The Bathers, and Breonna Taylor, among other critical portraits of everyday black identity. I am drawn to h…

San Francisco’s LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, along with other community organizations, are urging state regulators to approve Waymo’s permit for its 24/7 self-driving car service. These organizations argue that autonomous vehicles are safer and provide more accessibili…

Acceptance By Rachel Pretlow Let the waves be open! Let the light shine in! Let us embrace parts of us Where we have never been! The wind picks up and lofts me On coast and sea and shore To desert fruits and poppy seeds And to the Mother’s core I am a pollinator I fly with birds and bees I feel the …

Due to issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half of America’s school districts are experiencing a severe... The post Retired FBI Executive Becomes School Bus Driver To Help Kids During Shortage appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site

In a lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), all the work that goes on in a vast pharmaceutical manufacturing plant happens in a device the size of your kitchen refrigerator. And it’s fast. This prototype machine produces 1,000 pills in 24 hours, faster than it can take to produce so…

A drug normally used to treat African sleeping sickness had only mild side effects in a widely reported trial of 10 boys with autism. But many researchers question the trial’s rationale and caution that serious side effects may emerge in larger studies. Half the boys in the trial received a single l…