Here’s how Brose describes what he’ll discuss during the session: Synapses, the junctions between nerve cells, are the key information processors in the brain. They mediate signaling between nerve cells by the release of chemical messengers — or neurotransmitters — from a sending nerve cell, and the…

Statistically, siblings share the longest lasting relationships one will experience in a lifetime. Several decades of research on siblings has provided important information about the effects of being a brother or sister of an individual with a disability. Generally, sibs across the lifespan regard …

Maya Radhakrishnan, who is 10th grade, has asked that the Art of Autism readers help her with a research project she is doing for a Civil Rights class. She would like if those who are autistic answer a few questions. Passing for Neurotypical Interview Questions 1. How old are you? Are you in high-sc…

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An autism diagnosis is based on behavior. But identifying a brain signature for the condition could help support diagnosis and even provide an early biomarker of the condition. Knowing autism’s imprints in the brain may also shed light on biological mechanisms and point to targets for treatments. Th…

Just a few days ago, Google released the Android 12 beta and with that, the beta version of Android Accessibility Suite app version 12.0.0. One really cool feature that they slid into this version is controlling the phone with facial features! In the Accessibility Services Suite, there is now a n…

White House to Light it Up Blue April 2, World Autism Awareness Day Those in the Autism community are all aware that April is an overwhelming time – full of events to bring awareness to autism. Today Sean Spicer said at his press conference that the White House will be lighting it up blue for …

March is Women’s History Month, March 8 is International Women’s Day, and the week of March 6 is Women’s Week. Over the next few days The Art of Autism will be honoring autistic women who are making a difference. According to a 2016 Scientific American Article autism looks much dif…

I am very much a lone-wolf and an intrepid one at that. I venture into hot pot restaurants most white people would consider too foreign or too edgy, I read the menus in their original Chinese and order my food in either Mandarin or Cantonese which I’ve taught myself. By Tom Clements Aspergians are n…

Autism researchers are reeling from the possibility that the field’s most prized grants, the Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) awards, may not fund some existing programs and may exclude others entirely. ACE awards are considered the golden egg of autism grants. Each award supplies up to $1.5 milli…

Young adults with autism face many barriers to competitive employment, but for West Side Chicago public high school students who get jobs through Urban Autism Solutions, access to transportation isn’t one of them thanks to a generous gift from Lyft. “The goal of our LyftUp program is to inc…

By Nils Skudra This weekend I had the opportunity to finish watching the second season of Love on the Spectrum, the acclaimed Netflix miniseries chronicling the dating lives of several individuals on the autism spectrum. Picking up from where the first season left off, this season explores the conti…

Can a quadriplegic, someone paralyzed from the neck down, drive a car?  Race car driver Sam Schmidt’s career came to an abrupt end when a crash in 2000 left him paralyzed. After 17 years though, project SAM (Semi Autonomous Motorcar), a car with various modifications, has helped Sam get back o…

by Dana Reinecke, PhD, BCBA-D Sharing and cooperative play are among the most difficult skills for children to learn, whether or not they have a diagnosed disability. Why is sharing so hard? Because it necessarily involves giving something up, and usually it’s something highly preferred that is…