World Kindness Day is Friday November 13. Kris McElroy shares 7 ways he is reclaiming his identity as an act of kindness to himself. By: Kris McElroy I’d never even heard of World Kindness Day until this year. Honestly, if I had before now, I’m not sure I would have paused to give it any space. The …

Many movies these days come with audio descriptions for people with visual impairments. Audio descriptions describe every scene to the viewer, thus enabling them to understand the movie, as well as the plot better. Many of us also make our own videos – whether at home, work or classroom. For o…

As adults, we’re fairly accustomed to contracts for car loans, new employment, or updates to our smartphones. But contracts can also be beneficial in the classroom setting. A contingency contract is defined as “a mutually agreed-upon document between parties (e.g., parent and child) that specifies a…

In some children with autism, normal development stalls, often around age 2, and they start to lose many of the communication and social skills they had already mastered. The first large epidemiological study of this phenomenon, called regression, reveals that it occurs in at least 20 percent of chi…

Interview with Mia Ives-Rublee by Haley Moss Photograph by Kisha Bari Mia Ives-Rublee is the founder and coordinator for Women’s March Disability Caucus. She is currently a consultant for numerous non-profit organizations, helping them integrate disability inclusion throughout their policies, platfo…

A new method restores blood flow and some functions in pig brains four hours after the animals have died. The revived brains seem to have activity that typically stops minutes after blood and oxygen flow cease1. The technique could help scientists test therapies for brain injuries in whole brains ra…

The 22-year-old’s astonishing rendition of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" may have you believing.Source: The Autism Site

Autism prevalence in the United States continues to rise, according to a new study of 8-year-old children in 11 states1. Boys are 4.3 times as likely as girls are to have autism, a ratio that is consistent with previous estimates. The report, released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Pre…

 “I would advise teachers to treat their students humanely regardless of their beliefs about disabilities,” Diego Pena, Age 9 By Debra Muzikar A couple months ago I became aware a Ventura County third grader who was non-speaking and had an autism diagnosis had written book Anat…

Many scientists have pointed out possible errors of analysis and interpretation in a high-profile study that suggested microbes can ease autism-like behaviors in mice. The backlash was swift, appearing on Twitter and the post-publication review site PubPeer within hours of the paper’s publication. I…

There is a very interesting clinical trial currently going on that is giving blind people the ability to see. All participants in this study have been blind for years, and thanks to a prosthesis called Orion that has been surgically implanted in their brain, they are helping researchers study how bl…

While most families view social occasions as exciting and joyous, families with autism panic. There are a number of factors that can cause a boisterous celebration to go awry for those of us living with autism. The day the invitation comes in the mail, email or from a phone call, the panic begins. L…

In continuing our exclusive social problem-solving series, Drs. Gordon and Selbst, developers of the new POWER-Solving® Curriculum, have addressed the importance of social information processing as a framework for understanding how children and adolescents get along with their peers and adults. The …

Many parents choose to “ground” their kids when they make poor decisions. Maybe they lose access to video games for a week, or can’t watch TV for a month. Grounding in and of itself is not necessarily a bad thing. Here are a few considerations: If you keep grounding your kid for the same behavior, …