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Robert Watkins continues his discussion on autistic characters on tv. In this article, he shares his views of the autistic characters in Claws and Mr. Mercedes. By Robert Watkins In last month’s article I wrote about Sam Gardner of Atypical and Shaun Murphy of The Good Doctor. Both characters …

Children with autism do not show the burst of vocabulary growth that usually accompanies learning to walk, according to a new study1. The findings add to mounting evidence that motor development is linked to social and language skills in children with autism. Walking gives toddlers an efficient way …

A true friendship like this comes along once in a lifetime!Source: The Autism Site

Disability Rights are Human Rights The United Nations has proclaimed December 3 as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Today there are over 7 billion people on the planet. 15 percent of those people have a disability which makes over 1 billion people with disabilities. According to t…

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In the last five years, 8-year old Sofia has spent over 10,000 hours drawing. Sofia Drawing By Debra Muzikar A portrait submission was made to the Art of Autism this week which I found quite compelling. The portraits had animated expressions and jumped off the screen. Imagine my surprise when I disc…

The results of the study may surprise you!Source: The Autism Site

Having failed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Congress is now working on a tax overhaul for the United States. But it turns out the tax bills in the House and Senate also aim to reshape healthcare. Here are five big ways the tax bill could affect health policy: 1. Repeal the requireme…

A new software package identifies nerve-fiber bundles in imaging data and maps the microstructure, length and trajectory of those ‘tracts’1. The software can spot differences between people with autism and controls. Scientists can visualize neural connections using diffusion magnetic resonance imagi…

Autism often presents itself differently in young girls, and the symptoms may be easier to overlook. Source: The Autism Site

There are truly many facets to living on the spectrum!Source: The Autism Site

Deleting KCTD13, a gene in the autism risk region 16p11.2, has little effect on brain or head size in mice, according to a new study1. The results contradict a prominent 2012 study suggesting that KCTD13 levels control head and brain size in zebrafish2. “We were very surprised when we didn’t see cha…