This April was the seventh anniversary of my becoming a national speaker and author. For Autism Acceptance Month, I decided to reflect back on my journey with autism and the lessons I’ve learned and the hardship I’ve endured. By Ron Sandison Every milestone and major event in my life took me longer…

A statement released by an influential panel of doctors has stirred a great deal of controversy.Source: The Autism Site

What this restaurant owner just did for his employee with autism is so awesome!Source: The Autism Site

The crutches, as a device for providing temporary or permanent support, have not seen much of a design overhaul since civil war. However, there is a new crutch in town with a revolutionary design. The M+D crutch, designed by a couple of industrial engineers, is a crutch that takes away limitations o…

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‘I Want to Be Like Poppin’ Joe’ is one story in the Finding My Way Book series about true stories of inclusion by author Jo Mach. For 17 years Jo Mach worked in Early Intervention services as an Occupational Therapist. During that time, she met hundreds of families raising children…

The bulk of the increase in autism prevalence the United States between 2000 and 2012 can be attributed to children on the mild end of the spectrum. The findings come from prevalence data gathered by the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network (ADDM) of the U.S. Centers for Disease …

This month’s ASAT feature comes to us from Mary E. McDonald, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA. To learn more about ASAT, please visit their website atwww.asatonline.org. You can also sign up for ASAT’s free newsletter, Science in Autism Treatment, and like them on Facebook! I have an adolescent with autism in my…

Jessica Wilberforce is a qualified solicitor who has been working as a teaching assistant and copy writer so she has the flexibility to take her son to and from school and be with him as much as possible. I love being a mum more than anything else in the world and my son and I have a terrific bond.…

Social media companies have turned a blind eye to online trolling, a problem which has only gotten worse as the pandemic has put more people in front of their screens. The post How Online Trolling Has Worsened Since 2020, And How We Can Fix The Problem appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source:…

Motorized or not, wheelchairs are typically maneuvered by users with their hands. Their movement is controlled either by manually moving the wheels with hands or with a joystick in case of electric wheelchair. However, how would a person, who is either an amputee or doesn't have very good motor skil…

Some of the items on a common diagnostic test for autism may not translate well to African cultures, according to preliminary results from multiple teams. Two teams presented their unpublished results Friday at the 2017 Africa Regional International Meeting for Autism Research in Stellenbosch, South…

By Becca Lory, CAS One of the biggest myths of autism is that we lack empathy. It is quite simply untrue. In fact, I would dare to say that most of us are over-empathizers. We tend to absorb the mood and energy of the people around us. This is intensified ten-fold with people we care about. When you…

By Nils Skudra This week I had the opportunity to watch Jerry Rothwell’s documentary The Reason I Jump, a profoundly compelling commentary on the lives of several young nonspeaking adults on the autism spectrum. Based on the book of the same title by Naoki Higashida, this documentary explores the u…