Holidays can be challenging for everyone in the family. Your to-do lists get longer, your routines are switched around, and all the little stresses can be especially difficult for your child with autism. Here are a few tips to ease the difficulties related to Halloween. For Preschool & Elementar…

Behind the Book: An Interview with Dr. Barry Prizant, Author of Uniquely Human By Becca Lory, CAS, BCCS I’m a reader, a big-time reader. I always have been. While other children were begging for toys and bikes, I was reading my way through bookstore after bookstore. My topics for reading materials v…

Children with autism who were born late are more likely to also have intellectual disability than those with autism who were born at term, suggests a study of almost half a million people1. The new work is the first to look separately at the risks for autism with and without intellectual disability …

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Parenting is stressful for everyone, but it can be especially trying for those with a child on the spectrum.Source: The Autism Site

Confused? You're not the only one.Source: The Autism Site

The autism community is deeply divided on many topics — whether to describe autism as a difference or a disorder, whether ‘autistic’ is a better term than ‘person with autism,’ and how much genetics and the environment each contribute to the condition, to name just a few. But there is one thing we a…

Although it may be difficult at times, there are ways to ensure that your child gets a good night's rest.Source: The Autism Site

The specifics of the study might surprise you!Source: The Autism Site

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By Robert Watkins Some would say I’m a fool. I’ve been successfully employed before. Heck, I held one job for twelve years! I also lost one job before the month was out. But I was a software engineer for twenty years, and good at it. Come on now: an Aspie software engineer? Of course you…

Antidepressants slightly boost the risk of autism and other brain conditions. Or they don’t, and it’s really factors related to the mother’s mental health that pose the risk1,2,3,4. That’s the confusing upshot from four large studies published since May, all looking at the effects of exposure to ant…

“When we learn to shift our mindsets to accept, connect and engage in their world’s, it becomes refreshing and feels like a breath of fresh air.” Dr. Alisha Griffith By Ron Sandison I had the pleasure to meet and interview Dr. Alisha Griffith from New York in May at the Navigating…

Bet you've never heard some of these "off the beaten path" theories.Source: The Autism Site