By Ryan Smoluk I have always been fascinated by the National Geographic magazine. The photographs are amazing. It helped to connect me to the world around me. That was back in the days before the internet. Looking back now I understand that the magazine helped develop my artistic ability and encoura…

Two new online resources help researchers predict how mutations alter protein structure. One plots the effects of mutations on regions of a protein1. The other identifies mutations that affect the sites where proteins interact2. To build the first resource, researchers created a program that determi…

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Autism rates have increased 150% since 2000.Source: The Autism Site

About 1 in 59 children in the United States has autism, according to data released today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Four times as many boys as girls have the condition, according to the report1. The data are based on a 2014 survey of 325,483 children across 11 stat…

Because every individual on the spectrum is different, it's so important that they have the tools they need to accurately represent themselves. Source: The Autism Site

"The right thing to do would be to take your daughter to a facility that can accommodate disabled people like herself, where you would not be infringing upon the quality of life of others."Source: The Autism Site

How many professionals have been asked: “How do I know if my child is behind in language development?” How many parents have asked the question, or at least wondered to themselves? Language development varies from child to child, and there are wide ranges of expected “normal” language deve…

…Or rather, let the next generation of assistive technology say “hello” to you. From the beginning, our friends at Bluebee Pals have been committed to children with special needs. Their robotic, huggable, plushie toys have been front and center in learning environments and homes helping children of …

The brains of men with autism have a mosaic of features from both genders, a new study suggests1. The findings may help reconcile conflicting theories about the sex bias in the autism brain. One theory holds that people with autism have extreme versions of the typical male brain. Another, the ‘gende…

   Tim Cook,  CEO of Apple, had dinner with the President last night. He also had a meeting with the President today. Yet #AutismAcceptance is at the top of his twitter feed! “Think as creatively as possible and then just go for it!” Stunning work, Ronaldo and @ArtAutism! …

Anne Torsiglieri’s "A" Train, at PlayMakers Repertory Company on April 25-29. BOX OFFICE: 919-962-PLAY, prcboxoffice@unc.edu, or https://tickets.playmakersrep.org/ The backdrop to the play was formed of art work of Art of Autism artists – curated by Keri Bowers by Shelly Leachman What a ride f…

Less than half of people on the autism spectrum get their driver's license before the age of 21.Source: The Autism Site

Ever since Cagla Eroglu was a postdoctoral fellow, she’s been fascinated by star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes. In 2008, she set up a lab at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, to investigate the role of astrocytes in forming neuronal junctions, or synapses. Last year, Eroglu and her c…