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 …

“You have 30 seconds to wow me,” Temple Grandin By Debra Muzikar Many people on the autism spectrum have great talent. They may be superb artists or talented musicians, yet they and (often their parents) lack the business knowledge to create an income stream which is in alignment with th…

Theo Bennett had surgery to remove cataracts from both eyes after being diagnosed with congenital cataracts just a month before.Source: The Autism Site

The Companion Guide for Smile & Succeed for Teens By Debra Muzikar I reviewed Smile & Succeed for Teens about 18 months ago. Last month I received another copy in the mail along with a new companion Parent’s Guide for the original book. I highly recommend these books for not only tee…

Autism and schizophrenia co-occur significantly more often than would be expected by chance, according to a new analysis of nearly 2 million people1. Researchers have long suspected that autism and schizophrenia are related. The two conditions have overlapping traits, including sensory-processing pr…

Having failed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Congress is now working on a tax overhaul for the United States. But it turns out the tax bills in the House and Senate also aim to reshape healthcare. Here are five big ways the tax bill could affect health policy: 1. Repeal the requireme…

The job of a peer reviewer is thankless. Collectively, academics spend around 70 million hours every year evaluating one another’s manuscripts on the behalf of scholarly journals — and they usually receive no monetary compensation and little, if any, recognition for their effort. Some do it as…

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Autistic people are chronically targets of bullying, discrimination, ableism, domestic violence and time and time again are being murdered by the people who are supposed to take care of them. If a person has the ability to avoid all of that by hiding what makes them appear to be autistic, I think t…

The tendency of people with autism to not make eye contact is rooted in genetics, suggests a study of identical and fraternal twins, published today in Nature1. The researchers did not look at twins with autism. They found that neurotypical identical twins spend similar proportions of time looking a…

Interview by Jenny BristolIllustration by Rebecca Burgess Anthony Harrison lives in the Washington, D.C., area and spends his days taking care of his cats, pursuing his varied interests, and, in his day job, progressing the field of human-robot interaction. Anthony works as a research psychologis…

A team of researchers is trialing a fast approach to autism drug development: simultaneously testing candidates in people and in mice. Their approach has so far revealed that one drug, Tideglusib, is ineffective in mouse models of autism, and it might have been abandoned — except that it seems to wo…

This next art challenge needs no introduction – artist+ mentor Joel Anderson shows kids everything they need to know in his AWESOME stop animation video. Love his work and the way he communicates. If you haven’t yet signed your kids up for the Mentorship Project, not worry! You can still sign…

“I’m unique. I’m a geek.” That is our self-acceptance mantra here at Geek Club Books. We embrace our differences and celebrate who we are. Our geekiness and love of pop-culture is what connects us to each other. Many of us enjoy attending conventions where we can immerse ourselves in our favorite fa…