For Heidi Krenshaw, mother of a 7 year old Autistic boy, getting him to make eye contact was always a challenge. While taking a break during a therapy session, Heidi and the therapist noticed that he was too fixated on a Mickey Mouse show that he was allowed to watch as a reward, and wasn’t listenin…

Art was always one of his favorite subjects, so he's taking it beyond school to earn and save money for college. The post Student With Autism Created A Unique Art Business During Quarantine appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site

The boy and his uncle got caught in a rip current that could've quickly turned disastrous. The post Veteran Saves 12-Year-Old Boy With Autism After He Nearly Drowned appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site

Adolescents with autism are the least likely among young people with mental, behavioral and developmental conditions to receive guidance from their doctor on the shift from pediatric to adult healthcare, according to a new study by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)1.…

At the age of 5, he just started saying words - and his family caught it on video! The post Non-Verbal Boy With Autism Says His Name For The First Time In Viral Video appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site

A new treatment curbs deadly seizures in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy, according to a new study1. A clinical trial is evaluating the drug’s safety in children with the syndrome. Dravet syndrome is usually caused by a mutation in one copy of the gene SCN1A. Without two …

Young people with autism receive more mental health services and less gynecological or urgent care than their neurotypical peers, a new study shows1. They may also get more consistent primary care than non-autistic youths during the transition from adolescence to young adulthood. Young adults with a…

Historians and authors have given many famous figures an armchair diagnosis of autism over the years: Albert Einstein, Michelangelo and Thomas Jefferson, to name just a few. Looking for signs of autism in historical figures and fictional characters can give us important insight into society’s changi…

Six months into the pandemic, one thing that has become a way of life for all of us around the world is wearing a mask when we are out and about. Masks come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and styles, and for many has also become a fashion accessory. However, it has been clearly established that masks…

Being able to distinguish between relevant sounds and background noise is so important for learning a language. The post Autism Language Problems May Be Exacerbated by Inability to Pick Out the Sound of One’s Own Name appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site

Understanding Love and Autism By Laurie Kennedy I’m sure a lot of people have heard of the prominent stereotype that people with autism struggle to feel emotions, empathise or understand emotions in general; I want to share my perceptions on this take and I’m going to be referencing my experie…

Minimally verbal autistic people do not differentiate the sound of their own name from that of a stranger’s, according to a new electroencephalography (EEG) study1. They also have difficulties filtering sounds from background noise. And among minimally verbal autistic people, those with weaker neura…

By Samantha Craft I am a neurodivergent individual. The modern-day term of what it means to be neurodivergent is extremely fluid in nature. Mood disorders, such as PTSD, are appearing under the neurodivergent umbrella, as are brain injuries that cause cognitive impairments or differences. Neurodiver…

“I’m often the first to hear alarms. I can differentiate sounds quickly and more easily. My sensitivity to touch helps with palpation during a nurse exam. I can feel if something is different or off.” An interview with Ron Sandison Like many women, Nurse Jackie Anne Blair was diagnosed w…