The students at Prairieview Elementary School in Michigan welcomed their beloved school therapy dog into the student body with an official school photo.Source: The Autism Site

Two drugs that alter the activity of the hormone vasopressin seem to improve social communication in people with autism. The findings come from two independent clinical trials published today in Science Translational Medicine1,2. The results are encouraging, but some experts urge caution, saying the…

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The Art of Autism is saddened to hear of Jackson Wheeler’s passing. The Art of Autism honored Jackson Wheeler last year with a Hearts and Arts Award. Jackson Wheeler was a great friend of people with disabilities. He was a social worker for thirty years for Tri-Counties Regional Center and d…

Biomedical science faces an existential threat — not the threat of budget cuts or anti-science political views, but one from within the discipline itself. So argues Richard Harris in his new book, “Rigor Mortis.” The book is an alarming and highly readable summation of what has been called the ‘repr…

Mark first got the idea when he noticed the lack of proper resources and encouragement for people with autism to exercise.Source: The Autism Site

The Art of Autism encourages businesses that serve autistic people invest in art work of autistic artists. By Debra Muzikar In June The Art of Autism was contacted by Justin Kyriannis, owner of Achievable Behavioral Strategies in Las Vegas. Justin had viewed art on the Art of Autism’s website…

More than 600 volunteers banded together to find the little boy, joining multiple law enforcement agencies, the FBI, K-9 units, and a state patrol helicopter.Source: The Autism Site

A transparent set of electrodes enables researchers to simultaneously record electrical signals and visualize neurons in the brains of awake mice1. Syncing neuronal signals with videos of neurons helps researchers map those signals to particular sites in the brain. The technology could yield insight…

Children who have an older sibling with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at an increased risk of having autism, a new study suggests1. The reverse is also true. Autism and ADHD share some features and often co-occur. Other studies have documented the increased risk in siblings for…

By Megan Amodeo Have you ever been stuck in a never-ending line at the grocery store? Or maybe you were at the DMV waiting to renew your license and the wait far exceeded what most consider humane? We have all been somewhere longer than we want to be at one time or another. “I don’t know about…

Women who take prenatal vitamins during the first month of pregnancy are half as likely as those who do not to have a child with autism, a new study suggests. The results were published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry and picked up swiftly by the mainstream press1. But the reality, experts say, is more…

Reposted with permission from Action Behavior Centers Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy is an evidence-based approach to treating children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). When ABA therapy is implemented in a center-based environment, it takes place in a clinical or therapy center …

Some malls offer this awesome opportunity for kids on the spectrum. Have you ever tried it?Source: The Autism Site