Headlines this week hailed a behavioral therapy that parents can deliver to their babies to lessen the intensity of the children’s autism traits and lower their chances of a diagnosis at age 3, but independent experts urge caution: The observed effects were small, and the study’s analysis raises que…

Jonathan’s is 6 years old and, according to mom, he shows improvement in his speech, brushing his teeth, getting ready for school and other daily living tasks. Mom is soooo proud of the strides that he has made this school year including fewer meltdowns. Ask Jonathan and he’ll tell you t…

In 1987, psychologist Ole Ivar Lovaas reported that the optimal ‘dose’ for an autism therapy he had developed was 40 hours a week. The intensive therapy, a type of applied behavior analysis (ABA), led to “normal” functioning for 9 of 19 children with autism in his study, he said1. Just 10 hours of t…

Mattel and the National Federation of the Blind have partnered together to create the first ever Braille edition of UNO®. Now, both sighted, blind and low vision people can play together! UNO Braille features braille on the corner of every playing card to indicate the card’s number or action and…

Resources for play and physical development can be off limits to kids on the autism spectrum. This gym aims to change that.Source: The Autism Site

Steve Silberman ASAN Ally of the Year talks about the making of Neurotribes, now out in paperback, and the future of the autism community. He will be a Keynote Speaker at the Love and Autism Conference in San Diego. By Debra Muzikar  What was your impetus for writing NeuroTribes? Since I answer …

A new tool calculates the chances of having a seizure in pregnant women who have epilepsy, a condition that often accompanies autism1. Epilepsy is particularly dangerous for pregnant women, raising their risk of death 10-fold. However, taking certain epilepsy drugs during pregnancy is thought to inc…

More than 30 million people around the globe have speech impairments and rely on sign language for daily communication. To eliminate the barrier that comes with communicating with non-sign language users, Roy Allela has invented a glove that converts sign language into spoken words. Sign-IO, the…

Autistic Author Interview Samantha Grierson Samantha (Sam) Grierson’s later-in-life autism diagnosis in 2018 changed the course of her life forever. After an initial shock, the diagnosis became the driving force behind her creativity and allowed her to revive her love of writing. We caught up …

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Boaz and Minerva Santiago are the founders of Picasso Einstein, an educational consulting firm solely focused on self-employment for persons with disabilities. They are parents to two boys on the autism spectrum. Based on the work typically offered to persons with autism, they knew that traditional …

Taylor Cross reviews the video game God of War (2018) There are few games released every console generation that are on the level of Santa Monica Studios’ newest game, Dad of Son, I mean, God of War (2018). If you can, you should do whatever it takes to play it. Now that I’ve heaped prai…

Sarah Sunny, a 27-year-old lawyer from India, recently made history by becoming the first deaf lawyer to argue a case in the country’s Supreme Court. Her journey began in the city of Bengaluru, where she faced initial challenges in lower courts due to a lack of sign language interpreters. Howe…

The largest study of people with autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to date adds to mounting evidence that the two conditions share genetic roots1. Compared with their typical peers, people with autism are twice as likely to receive a diagnosis of OCD and people with OCD are four times a…