The Maryland-based autism therapy company Learn It Systems was a small operation with big ambitions when it caught the eye of a major private equity firm called LLR Partners. At the time, in 2016, hundreds of small providers across the United States offered applied behavioral analysis (ABA), the mos…

By Chris Richardson It’s been proven that working with autistic students’ creativity and stimulating their imagination enhances the learning process, and helps them absorb information faster. Teaching your students how to create poems is a great way for them to start accumulating new information, an…

Shining laser light of different wavelengths into mouse brains reveals chatter among separate sets of neurons, showing how brain circuits produce complex behaviors. Researchers can record neuronal activity in the brain of a living mouse using a technique called fiber photometry. To do this, they gen…

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Researchers are working to uncover the trigger that causes some mothers to develop these antibodies.Source: The Autism Site

Scientists have for the first time successfully delivered the gene-editing tool CRISPR into mouse brains and altered their behavior1. In the method, a nanoparticle ferries the enzyme used in CRISPR into the brains of a mouse model of fragile X syndrome. The enzyme dampens a signaling pathway related…

Mauricio and Claudia Urrea’s daughter Daniela inspired them to create an organization that partners with companies to find work for those on the autism spectrum. By Mauricio Urrea Spanish version here. 19 years ago, God chose us to take care of a special angel. As parents we never imagined how…

Courtney spent five years dealing with severe anxiety, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts because of the bullying.Source: The Autism Site

Autism Awareness Month is over, but for many parents of children with autism, awareness is a daily battle. You would think that after decades of research, awareness of what autism  would be more prevalent. But I still talk with parents who are struggling with relatives, friends, or strangers on…

Teenagers who have trouble with social communication are twice as likely as their peers to harm themselves with suicidal intentions, according to new research1. The work is among the first to explore the relationship between autism traits and suicidal behavior. The findings also suggest that social-…

“Mindfulness has freed me from years of sadness and frustrations that I originally thought were because I was autistic but now I feel that those past experiences with sadness and frustration were because I did not know how to be mindful and create my own happiness,” Travis Breeding By Tr…

The White House’s plan to indefinitely detain immigrant families together threatens the care of young children, experts worry, by placing them with an agency with little experience in handling such complex needs. Previously, the administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration stance meant splitting ch…

You may have heard of the ‘Right to Try,’ a bill that President Donald Trump signed into law on 30 May. The U.S. law expands doctors’ ability to prescribe experimental drugs for people with life-threatening conditions. This sounds like a good thing, but experimental drugs may not be safe or effectiv…

By Amy Highland Those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are often well acquainted with sleep problems. Though statistics vary, it’s estimated that anywhere from 50 to 80 percent of people with ASD struggle to get a full night’s sleep. The problems include difficulty falling asleep, frequent night …