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  “Faith is believing for kites to fly when there’s no wind in sight,” Josiah Cullen By Ron Sandison  Tahni Cullen, a minister and bestselling author of Josiah’s Fire, declares, “God is a good gift giver.” During the darkest days of autism her family’s faith was shaken. Tahni refused…

People with autism and their families are prone to depression. Here's what to do.Source: The Autism Site

If there's anything you watch today, make sure it's this.Source: The Autism Site

Children born to women who had low blood levels of vitamin D while pregnant more than double their risk of autism1. The findings come from a study of more than 4,000 children in the Netherlands. Only 68 of the children had an autism diagnosis by age 6, but the researchers still found a statistically…

“Often a person with a disability is not even seen as a person except as a recipient, a beneficiary, a consumer, a client, a caseload number, or someone who simply and constantly needs help … not a person who needs and wants a life like anyone else – love, happiness, and joy…” Marty Omoto By D…

Another win!Source: The Autism Site

Over 8,000 members and counting speaks volumes about how desperately something like this is needed.Source: The Autism Site

This week,  Linda Hodgdon, M.Ed., CCC-SLP shares her thoughts on the rising popularity of fidget spinners. This piece originally appeared on her blog at  www.usevisualstrategies.com.  OK. . .so I got 5 fidget spinners for 5 grandchildren. Amazingly, there were 5 colors available so there would be n…

By Becca Lory, CAS Birthdays are a funny thing. For one day every year, you stop to celebrate the day you first came into this world. The day you took your first breath on your own. The day you began to accumulate knowledge and experience that made you the person you are today. That is what we celeb…

Patterns of brain activity in 6-month-old babies accurately predict which of them will be diagnosed with autism at age 2. The findings hint that brain scans may one day help doctors detect autism in infants1. The study is small, and its findings need to be replicated before they can be used clinical…

This little boy isn't the only one who has been blessed by the relationship, either.Source: The Autism Site

We're on our way to finding answers to this controversial subject.Source: The Autism Site

Autism can be reliably diagnosed by 2 years of age, but roughly half of children with the condition do not receive a diagnosis until age 6 or later. Being female or from an ethnic minority group, among other factors, may contribute to a delayed diagnosis of autism. The lack of universal screening fo…