Three months ago, Annie Ciernia moved to Canada after more than a decade in California. Already, she likes her new home. Her daily ritual includes a morning run that takes her through a leafy forest — and she can (almost) see the ocean from her house. Ciernia is a newly minted assistant professor of…

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

It is estimated that in excess of one billion people, roughly 15% of the global population, have some form of disability. Of the one billion, between 110 and 190 million people have difficulty in functioning. This of course can have implications for employment, but it is clear that more needs to be …

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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…

In honor of #TakeTheMaskOff week The Art of Autism is posting this incredible essay from a 10th grade student recently diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder about passing as a neurotypical By Maya Radhakrishnan In 2000 the rate of autism diagnoses was about 1 in 150 people. By 2017 this rate was 1…

By Lei Wiley-Mydske In this issue, Lei writes about creating the first autism lending library that is focused on the ideals of neurodiversity and autism acceptance. Now she is helping others do the same in their communities. This article is part of our cover series on four autistic trailblazers who …

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News that two major animal research laboratories are likely to close down within a few years has left some researchers in the United Kingdom uncertain about the future of their work. Officials at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, a leading genomics center based in Hinxton, England, announced on 16 May …

Over the last three years or so, there have been several technological innovations geared towards helping blind people navigate, and continued innovation in that space is  keeping things exciting. Recently, a team of researchers from MIT came up with a prototype wearable system that helps blind peop…

Can a quadriplegic, someone paralyzed from the neck down, drive a car?  Race car driver Sam Schmidt’s career came to an abrupt end when a crash in 2000 left him paralyzed. After 17 years though, project SAM (Semi Autonomous Motorcar), a car with various modifications, has helped Sam get back o…

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…

By Morénike Giwa Onaiwu It’s hard not to feel a sense of incredulous disbelief as I struggle to put together my words and thoughts for this article as one of several “powerful women” on the autism spectrum. There was a time in my life when I truly never believed that I would be viewed by anyone as e…

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