Taking a second look at her daughter’s eyes in a photo changed their lives.Source: The Autism Site

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Researchers are edging closer to a therapy for Angelman syndrome that involves injecting molecules that can edit genes into the fetal brain. They have already succeeded in mice and say the approach could eventually treat people with the syndrome. The work is of high interest because a similar strate…

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By Wendi E. Powers My parents, brothers, and nieces live where I was born and raised in Florida. I left Florida in 1988 after an extremely abusive (and thankfully short) marriage. My new home in Tennessee offered the distance needed for healing to begin. For several years, I was unable to step foot…

His head and legs were the only areas covered.Source: The Autism Site

If sensory issues are making hugging hard, try this instead!Source: The Autism Site

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…

A person could be forgiven for believing 20 years ago that the internet would soon revolutionize academic publishing. With the emergence of the World Wide Web, it suddenly became possible for academic publishers to disseminate scholarly work at the click of a button — at a fraction of the cost…

Amber Smith found out her son had been slapped on the bus only because her 9-year-old daughter had been there to witness it.Source: The Autism Site

No one deserves to be treated this way.Source: The Autism Site

Interview with Author, Sally J. Pla I read children’s book, Benji, the Bad Day, and Me and fell in love with a story about siblings—one autistic and one neurotypical—where it’s the autistic sibling who shows compassion and empathy for his brother. I reached out to the author, Sally J. Pla, to find o…

Genetics governs a person’s ability to pay attention to social cues, such as the direction another person is looking, a new study suggests1. It has less influence on the ability to attend to nonsocial cues, such as arrows pointing the way. The new study is the first to show this key difference, says…

By Kimberly Gerry-TuckerI recently had the pleasure of interviewing Katie Oswald, a self-described nomad with wanderlust. She is a world traveler, full of heart and purpose. Katie approached me via social media and I couldn’t help but think…I want to be Katie when I grow up! As Execut…