How he got there in the first place is bizarre and unsettling.Source: The Autism Site

Equal parts fun, satisfying, and therapeutic!Source: The Autism Site

Intimacy is part of being human. There are well-documented benefits to positive relationships, from emotional security to good mental health1. Those who want relationships and can’t develop them face low self-esteem, depression, loneliness and isolation from the wider society2. For adolescents, lear…

By Carly Fulgham Today marks 20 weeks, the halfway point in my pregnancy. I had all but given up my dream of being a mother when I was severely depressed in my mid-twenties because I couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t figure out how to get along with other people. I didn’t get diag…

Eric Courchesne’s career in autism research began with an elevator pitch. It was around 1980, and Courchesne had just started his first faculty job in the neuroscience department at the University of California, San Diego. In the elevator at Rady Children’s Hospital one day, he met a clinical psycho…

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New software charts the crests of the folds that define the brain’s surface, or cerebral cortex, in people with autism1. The cerebral cortex has distinctive crests and valleys, called gyri and sulci. These folds accommodate a large number of brain cells within the confines of the skull. Some studies…

“When I feel movement, I feel peaceful. Numbers make me feel peaceful. The words I want to replace them with are better things. Please do not ask me any more questions because they are too ridiculous to ask. I like how the words sound,” Sammy Austin Peace House By Sammy Austin I gotta shake shake sh…

They have some really important things to say.Source: The Autism Site

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Children with autism who take certain medications have different patterns of brain connectivity than do unmedicated children with the condition, a new study suggests1. More than half of children diagnosed with autism take psychotropic drugs, such as Prozac and Ritalin, to ease features related to au…

It's important to do your research before using supplements.Source: The Autism Site

In the next few weeks I will be writing about ethics in the field of applied behavior analysis. This is the first part in a multi-part series. Sometimes behavior analysts get a bad rap because we are so focused on the data. Somehow, there is a perception that writing down the numbers and graphing th…

Music therapy does not alleviate social difficulties in children with autism, suggests a large international study1. Engaging with music is thought to help children become more flexible, responsive and attentive, leading to better social and communication skills. But participants with autism who rec…