A street musician in Dublin performed "You've Got a Friend in Me" for a seven-year-old with autism on the train. A video of the performance, along with the child's reaction, quickly went viral. The post Street Musician Makes 7-Year-Old With Autism’s Day By Singing “You’ve Got A Fr…

With the average hearing aid costing $3,000 for just one ear, those with hearing loss often suffer in silence, unaware of the many affordable personal sound amplification products (PSAPs) available at a fraction of the cost. To increase awareness and help people hear better, Harris Communications ha…

“My beautiful two-and-a-half-year-old daughter was so excited to get in this bouncy castle. I was so proud of her. she stayed in there for over 3 hours!” “Boing..boing…boing!” We are proud of you too Super Madi! Welcome to the Mighty League: Would you like us to featur…

20-year-old Kate Grant had had dreams of a career in the beauty industry her whole life.Source: The Autism Site

Hillary Clinton made political history last week by proposing a plan to ramp up autism research and services as part of her presidential bid. Previous campaign discussions about autism have hyped fears of an autism epidemic or even resurrected the long-debunked vaccine link. By contrast, Clinton’s p…

This aspect of life was very important for Eashana’s sister, who has autism. So Eashana came up with an app.Source: The Autism Site

By Mikey Allcock My journey is through my years in my mind. It is my poem. I have put photographs with it so others can make a dream. FORT I saw dark tunnels It was an adventure I opened the door to an empty roomI climbed the stairs I found darkness I opened the door to an empt…

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The Art of Autism is saddened to hear of Jackson Wheeler’s passing. The Art of Autism honored Jackson Wheeler last year with a Hearts and Arts Award. Jackson Wheeler was a great friend of people with disabilities. He was a social worker for thirty years for Tri-Counties Regional Center and d…

Independence Science recently launched the Sci-Voice Talking LabQuest 2 to help blind and low-vision students independently complete data-collection investigations during STEM labs. By integrating text-to-speech assistive technology with Vernier Software & Technology’s LabQuest 2 hardware device…

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The Art of Autism encourages businesses that serve autistic people invest in art work of autistic artists. By Debra Muzikar In June The Art of Autism was contacted by Justin Kyriannis, owner of Achievable Behavioral Strategies in Las Vegas. Justin had viewed art on the Art of Autism’s website…

The cerebellum, often summed up as the brain’s motor region, is in fact involved in mediating the pleasure people derive from socializing, a new study suggests1. This unexpected finding, published today in Science, may explain why the region consistently pops up in studies of autism. The findings ar…

Autism comes with a stereotype: shy, awkward, obsessed with tech, decidedly male. It’s an image that erases the many girls and women who are autistic, but it also reflects the reality that far more boys than girls have a diagnosis. Several studies put that sex ratio at about 3 to 1; among psychiatri…