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This guest post was written by Madhav Lavakare. Madhav is a young entrepreneur from New Delhi, India. He has had a passion for tinkering, creating, and innovating from a very young age, and has a keen eye for solving problems. With TranscribeGlass, he aims to solve the biggest problem he’s tack…

By Gretchen Leary We are always sitting at the potter’s wheel in our lives. We mold who we are with our actions and thoughts each and every day and present that to the world as our greatest masterpiece (or Magnum Opus). This past month was an important one. I made a brave decision that some might fi…

Creating opportunities for interactions is key when working with any child, but it is especially important when working with children with autism. ABA often gets a bad rap for being staid or leaving a kid stuck at a table doing discrete trials for hours on end. In reality, it should be neither! Whil…

There are many things an able bodied person can do very easily on their phones. Want to go somewhere? Open the lyft app and get a ride. Cooking dinner? Look up a recipe online. However, for the 630 million people in the world who live with cognitive disabilities, what seem like “simple” …

My feeling of being waste material stuck to my soul early in life, and it’s been my biggest challenge to release that sense of worthlessness. By Eva Angvert Harren What is it about relationships that’s so hard to get? I know that “everybody” has challenges with relationships, however when you are on…

Like many working adults, Ronald Pesantes starts a typical day with a lengthy commute. His journey, which he makes four days a week, involves a taxi, the subway and a bus. It takes the 26-year-old about two hours to get from his home on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, to his job in the city. “I feel I …

Technology can be a great addition to an educational or behaviorally supportive program for individuals with autism. It may be used as a powerful reinforcer for some, can facilitate language and communication, and help to organize and present visual and auditory cues efficiently. Items like tablets …

Ask most anyone why they work, and their answer is most likely to be some variation of "for the paycheck."  Money is clearly a huge motivation for those of us who forgot to hit the independently wealthy button on the way out of the womb, but when we see it as the only thing we get from our work, it …

“You’re autistic?” By Leanne Libas The first thing most people say when I disclose my autism is, “Really?! You don’t look autistic.” I have a love-and-hate relationship with that particular phrase. I love the reactions I receive from those who perceive me as a “normal person.” I …

At 10 months of age, infants later diagnosed with autism rarely draw others’ attention to an object or event, a new study suggests1. The results hint that early treatments that focus on joint attention — a behavior in which two people focus on the same thing — could ease communication problems in au…

Based on the true story of Austin LeRette, The Unbreakable Boy is told in the charmingly unpredictable voice of an autistic teen with a rare brittle bone disease. The story follows a young couple stumbling through parenthood who find constant inspiration from the joy and optimism of their spectacula…

By Megan Amodeo Being a parent of a teen can be a difficult and challenging road these days. There are so many situations that parents in the ‘80’s and ‘90’s never had to navigate. Today’s teenagers have access to the entire world right at their fingertips. This can be a real challenge for an autist…