Help your little one effectively calm down by teaching them how to do so. Source: The Autism Site

Here's what they want the world to know.Source: The Autism Site

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced yesterday that four autism research networks and five centers will share a pot of nearly $100 million over the next five years. The grants, called the Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) awards, are among the most coveted in autism research and are gi…

Only about 0.1 percent of children in the Western Cape province of South Africa have autism, according to a review of school records. The unpublished results were presented today at the 2017 Regional International Meeting for Autism Research in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The worldwide prevalence of…

A new database contains high-fidelity brain maps of 10 typical adults1. Each atlas includes neuronal connections particular to an individual rather than averages across the group. Detailed maps of individual brains could help researchers understand the heterogeneity in autism. The map of each brain …

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Those on the spectrum discuss what they love, what they loathe, and what they simply live with. Source: The Autism Site

This common characteristic of autism is actually pretty complicated.Source: The Autism Site

Some drugs used to treat epilepsy harm children who are exposed to them in the womb or through breast milk, a new analysis of the literature suggests1. The drug valproate is particularly risky, boosting the likelihood of autism and other developmental problems up to 17-fold. The study is the first t…

Many people on the autism spectrum need a family member or a job coach to help facilitate successful employment. By Janice Killey Entering the workforce can be an exciting, yet challenging time for anyone who hasn’t done it before. However, when you’ve been diagnosed with autism it can be even more …

This week’s post comes to us from Stephanny Freeman, PhD and Kristen Hayashida, MEd, BCBA, our partners on the Play Idea Cards app. Play Idea Cards is a full curriculum on teaching play – right in the palm of your hand! Check it out on the Apple App Store!  Most adults think of toy play …

By Robert Watkins Portrayals of autism in popular media have, more often than not, depicted autism from a neurotypical perspective. From relatively early portrayals, such as the films Rain Man and Temple Grandin, to more recent films like The Imitation Game and Life Animated. Even Netflix’s va…

A brain region that processes emotions, including fear, tends to be smaller in children who have both autism and anxiety than in those who have autism alone, according to a new study1. The findings suggest that the difference in volume of this region, called the amygdala, is related to how these ind…

This post was written by Esoteric Quality, a blind musician and activist. In order to explain how the struggles of a blind man launched the blindness revolution, it is necessary to start from the beginning of my life, so that readers will understand the context and purpose of the song and my music. …