“My drawing skill developed from a desire to reach a common ground of understanding with people. Watching people speak with the ease of just a few words combined with innuendo and body language has always been a mystery to me,” Steve Selpal (1950 – 2017) By Debra Muzikar and Keri B…

Entrance to people with special needs is totally free.Source: The Autism Site

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New software transforms mouse brain scans into a virtual brain that scientists can digitally manipulate1. Researchers used the software to recreate the atypical patterns of neuronal activity in epilepsy. The software draws data from the Allen Institute for Brain Science, where scientists have painst…

The link is one we never would have expected.Source: The Autism Site

It's both fun AND therapeutic!Source: The Autism Site

People with autism who have a mood disorder or sleep problems are more likely to be admitted to inpatient psychiatric units than those who do not have one of these other conditions1. Nearly all individuals with autism who are hospitalized take prescription drugs, but one in three of them stops takin…

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Dr. Best decided to defy conventional wisdom when helping his son.Source: The Autism Site

Poor sleep can exacerbate a host of medical conditions.Source: The Autism Site

This week’s post originally appeared on INCLUDEnyc, As a mom of a three-year-old with autism, sometimes I’m hesitant to visit places that are overcrowded with people. I always worry that my son Julian will become overwhelmed and have a meltdown. Recently, his daycare took him on a trip to Sesa…

By Trisha Katkin Inclusion is the method of teaching students with disabilities in a general education classroom. Many school districts strongly believe in a foundation of inclusion for all students. Although it is not a new concept, many struggle with meeting the diverse needs of their students in …

Turning on a set of neurons that dampen brain activity improves social behavior in a mouse model of autism; turning off neurons that excite brain activity does the same thing. These findings, published today in Science Translational Medicine, add heft to the long-standing theory that autism stems fr…

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