Thank you, thank you to all the creative, magical and diverse individuals who shared words and peace-filled images with us to honor World/International Peace Day ~ September 21, 2018. We imagine a world where every day is PEACE DAY, lived to the best of our imaginations, consciousness, heart, and ac…

Travel can be difficult for those on the spectrum -- but everyone deserves a vacation! Source: The Autism Site

“Since starting modelling, he just seems different. It was like he was born to do it. It's helped him to come out of himself."Source: The Autism Site

Over the years, I’ve seen several behavior intervention plans written and implemented. Typically, these plans include reinforcement for the desirable behavior, but I see the same mistakes crop up again and again. Here are a few common mistakes in implementing reinforcement to look out for: Fail to i…

By Jackie Edwards “The movement to reconnect children to the natural world has arisen quickly, spontaneously, and across the usual social, political, and economic dividing lines.”  – Richard Louv Children benefit from natural environments, with a growing number of studies indicating that outdo…

Depression is more than three times as common among adults with autism as it is in the general population, according to new work1. And those with average or above intelligence are more likely to be depressed than those with low intellectual ability. The study found that about 20 percent of autistic …

An Art of Autism interview with Elaine Hall, acting coach for the Netflix series Atypical How did you become involved with the series Atypical? Casting Directors for the series Atypical called me at The Miracle Project seeking actors with autism to portray actors with autism on Season 2 of the …

"He just needs to come home where he belongs. He needs to help his little boy."Source: The Autism Site

"Not many hairdressers can do what she can do."Source: The Autism Site

Autistic people generally want the same things in life that our typical peers do, regardless of where we fall on the spectrum: a sense of purpose, independence, human relationships and things to do. But most of us are unsure how to achieve these objectives. In the past several years, the Interagency…

By Helen Wallace-Iles I was recently introduced to the amazing work of a young autistic man called Chris Baker – a self-taught pencil artist from Cardiff, South Wales, UK. I found his art truly inspiring and decided to find out more. What I discovered was the story of an ordinary family whose …

This is very promising research.Source: The Autism Site

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Nearly half of American children with autism aged 10 to 17 are overweight or obese, compared with less than one-third of their typically developing peers, according to a new study1. And those with the most severe autism features appear to be at the greatest risk of being obese. The study, based on d…