Dustin Poirier, who has recently reached #1 in the UFC lightweight rankings, is auctioning off the memorabilia from... The post UFC Champion Dustin Poirier Fundraises Thousands By Auctioning Boxing Memorabilia appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site

Hi there, and welcome to the Spectrum community newsletter! I’m your host, Chelsey B. Coombs, Spectrum’s engagement editor. Before we get started, I wanted to let you know about our Spectrum reader survey. We want to know what you think about our site and how we can make it even better. Participants…

The 2003 film Radio is based on the true story of T. L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones (played by Ed Harris) and an intellectually disabled young man, James Robert “Radio” Kennedy (played by Cuba Gooding Jr.) By Nils Skudra Recently I had the opportunity to watch the film…

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Aripiprazole, a commonly used antipsychotic medication marketed as Abilify, curtails aggressive behavior in autistic children, according to a new review, but not enough is known about the drug’s side effects or its efficacy in different populations. A feature in Spectrum last year prompted the…

Instead of giving up, he opened "Red, White, & Brew Coffeehouse" and caters to other people with disabilities. The post Nobody Would Hire This Man With Autism So He Started His Own Business appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site

The pandemic has now been postponing or modifying events for a year. This can be tough for fundraising... The post Dozens of North Carolina Brewers Put Together Special Recipe to Fund Autism Tennis Program appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site

Multicultural Children’s Book Day Review This review is part of Multicultural Children’s Book Day to promote diversity in children’s literature. I never wanted to change my neurodiverse son and try to make him into something that society considered “normal.” To me, he is and always will be won…

A novel method for delivering gene therapies to the brain and spinal cord reduces nerve damage in primates, a new study shows. The approach could improve the safety of gene therapies under development for conditions related to autism, such as Angelman syndrome, Rett syndrome and fragile X syndrome.…

Nearly half of autistic children ages 3-17 have more than one mental health condition. The post About 78 Percent of Children with Autism Have at Least One Mental Health Condition, Study Shows appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site

A Hollywood-inspired video tool can capture the actions of laboratory animals in three dimensions over days or weeks and reveal new subtleties in behavior, according to a new study. For instance, rats lacking the autism-linked gene FMR1 groom differently than controls do, the researchers who designe…

Yoga can help bridge the gap between calm and chaotic; it can help give Aspies a spiritual foundation we can take with us out into the social world. By Kate Atkinson 1. Mindfulness & Self Awareness Growing up, I didn’t receive support for being autistic, just as many other autistic women have g…

By Anita Cameron I’ve been involved in disability activism for decades, starting out in ADAPT (American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today). I love the ideals that we stood for. And it was the first place in social justice where I found a home, where I wasn’t an oddball, and where, ultim…

Matthew is a deep thinker, and an overthinker, a composer, a photographer, and a poet. He even has a poem about “overthinking about overthinking.” #FreeMatthewRushin By Matthew Rushin with His Friends & Family  In January of 2019, Matthew experienced loss of consciousness and had …