"We got you some stuff because of how generous you are and everything you do."Source: The Autism Site

As a person gets older, the likelihood that they’ll be involved in an accident in the home greatly increases. If the aging process is accompanied by some form of vision loss, the risk is even greater. In order for a person with visual impairment to live a safe and comfortable life, their home must b…

Not only has 2021 Arkansas High School graduate Nicholas Watson earned the title of Valedictorian, but he has... The post Student With Autism Named Valedictorian, Earns Highest GPA In School’s History appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site

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Dorothée Chabas is a French-American neurologist who lives in a lemon-yellow house in Haight & Ashbury, San Francisco. She practiced medicine in Paris and at UC San Francisco for many years, taking care of adults and children with multiple sclerosis. Over the past 9 years, she self-trained and d…

Signing up for a research study may feel like a short-term commitment. A blood draw or a cheek swab and it’s done. But those specimens and the data they yield last much longer, and might end up in studies that did not even exist when the participants first gave their consent. “Maybe I consented to t…

Alexa Bjornson sent a note with her son to help explain his condition, but she still worried his seatmate might be annoyed by him.Source: The Autism Site

It’s not time to file taxes yet but in a couple of months, starting January, each and every one of us (especially in the US) would be scrambling around to get their taxes filed. For deaf people, who need help filing their taxes, and would prefer interacting with tax experts in ASL, they would possib…

Nea Hanscomb is the CEO and Founder of Appropo Software, LLC and a parent of a child with nonverbal autism. When she noticed how engaged he was with his tablet, she started searching for speech recognition apps. Not finding anything that would fit her son’s interest or needs, she decided to develop …

A modified version of an existing brain-imaging technique creates crisp, three-dimensional renderings of neurons communicating in living mice1. Researchers can use the technique to home in on delicate neuronal structures. Scientists can track brain activity in living mice by engineering the animals …

The decisions of many consumers are influenced by what they read in the newspaper or on the Internet and hear about on television or radio. It is our belief that access to effective treatment for the autism community is enhanced by accurate representations of autism treatment by these…

A new method for mining sequencing data reveals single-letter swaps in the genetic code within large duplications of DNA. The method, described 2 November in BMC Genomics, may let researchers more thoroughly assess the genetic rearrangements that contribute to autism1. Many people with autism have d…

Switched On has gone on sale today, and people are already reading and talking about it. The book tells the story of my participation in experiments where Harvard neuroscientists used high-powered magnetic energy to “switch on” the ability to see emotions in other people. One effect of the experimen…

By Christa Holmans, Neurodivergent Rebel I’m always in motion, rocking, bouncing, singing, humming, flapping, and making random sounds. I’m a stimmy human, but for almost thirty years, I had been stimming without really understanding or thinking about why. Being diagnosed autistic in my late twentie…