“you get line dancing, you get the dance trains going on, you get party circles happening, dance-offs, air guitar  …” By Austin John Jones This blog post is all about fun and releasing excess energy. This time I am going to talk about what I like to call “Random Public Dance P…

What a voice!Source: The Autism Site

Families with kids with autism deserve to have fun too!Source: The Autism Site

Software to identify genetic variants, along with a new synthetic human genome, could help scientists discover mutations associated with conditions such as autism. The software, called Strelka2, uses algorithms to compare the sequence of a reference genome with one from a person who has a condition.…

"Soap! I use soap, you use soap, the guy down the street uses soap, even the president uses soap. Who doesn't use soap?"Source: The Autism Site

Deep brain stimulation is not an approved treatment for autism but has helped some people with extreme obsessions and other severe traits. Host Ben Kuebrich investigates one success story. Read the related article here.  The post Spectrum stories: Resetting the autistic brain appeared first on Spec…

The post Spotted around the web: Week of 10 September 2018 appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

By Pamela Urfer As I posted on this blog a few weeks ago, (“I never thought of myself as weird”), I spent my childhood reading every book I could get my hands on. As a result, I became a writer. My books are odd, as I am myself. One woman, reading my short stories, exclaimed, “You have a very strang…

A recent investigation into a terrifying incident has revealed something sinister going on in Chicago public schools.Source: The Autism Site

This is just one family's experience.Source: The Autism Site

The protein missing in fragile X syndrome, FMRP, facilitates the production of hundreds of unusually large proteins, some of which are linked to autism, a new study suggests1. And the loss of these large proteins is what produces the severe features associated with the syndrome, according to the stu…

“A self portrait is an artist being honest with himself, taking the time to go into the spotlight to try to find something they didn’t know about themselves.”  Aaron Erik Mitchell Aaron Eric Mitchell “Negative Digits” Negative Digits is about the struggles that peo…

Diet soda could potentially be the cause of your health deterioration over time, but it’s not too late to quit.Source: The Autism Site

Mr. Bob was a retired physician and one of the only people who understood Henry.Source: The Autism Site