This week’s blog comes to us from clinical psychologist Lauren Elder and was originally posted on Autism Speaks as part of their Got Questions? series. “Our son, age 9, was recently diagnosed with autism. He knows something’s up, but we’re not sure how to explain. Advice?” Y…

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Many children with autism have little to no functional speech, and their families are often desperate to help them communicate. In today’s connected society, these families are likely to hear about a variety of communication apps — some specifically targeted at children with autism — available for m…

By: Nicole Gorden, M.S., BCBA, LBA During the summer break, parents and providers of children with autism may seek guidance on effective strategies to keep them engaged and occupied during this time. Fortunately, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) research provides valuable insights and evidence-bas…

What? College classes start this week. This summer just sped by! We were all so happy to be at least partially out of COVID confinement that we crammed as much fun and adventure as we could into this summer. We surfed, kayaked, went whitewater rafting, enjoyed playing in the parks and hiking through…

Losing access to the baby food leaves young Libby with only Weetabix to eat, which could cause malnourishment. The post 3-Year-Old with ASD and Food Selectivity Will Soon Run Out of One of the Only Foods She’ll Eat appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site

By Rose Griffin, Reposted from ABASpeech.org Setting IEP goals for autistic learners can be incredibly difficult, especially when you’re working with emerging communicators. At the beginning of my career, assessment tools were limited and I found out along the way the goals I set for my stude…

If you’ve met one person who is a runner, you’ve met one person who is a runner. By Tracey Cohen Without a doubt, running, like autism, can be full of challenge, even painful at times. But the willingness to embrace difficulty is giving oneself the opportunity to flourish, to live a fulf…

The child was trapped in a parking lot in the school transportation van for four hours.Source: The Autism Site

A newly formed group of leaders from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is poised to generate funding opportunities for child health research, including autism science. The so-called Trans-NIH Pediatric Research Consortium brings together leaders from the NIH’s 27 institutes and centers. L…

Innovation doesn’t cease to amaze us, does it? Continuing similar creativity that this dad came up with for his daughter, the AbleGamers Charity, along with AT Makers, has come up with an adapter called Freedom Wing that connects a person’s wheelchair to XBox so they can use the wheelcha…

‘’I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me.’’ -Issac Newton B…

Through his parent’s love and support, Michael now is an author, has a third-degree black belt, a Master’s degree in Business Administration, and a career as a data processor. By Ron Sandison Michael Goodroe is an amazing young adult on the autism spectrum. He is the author of What Autism Gave Me: …

To think that what we are witnessing now in Ukraine is far removed from the world of autism would be a huge mistake. I was fortunate to travel to Ukraine twice to conduct research, train specialists and give lectures about autism. I am fluent in Ukrainian and worked directly with families and profes…