The spectrum allows many to see the world in ways other people can't.Source: The Autism Site

Do you talk like an autism expert, or are you still learning? Find out!Source: The Autism Site

In this month’s ASAT feature, Jill K Belchic-Schwartz PhD offers helpful hints for assessing and treating food selectivity. To learn more about ASAT, please visit their website at www.asatonline.org. You can also sign up for ASAT’s free newsletter, Science in Autism Treatment, and like them on…

Every few minutes, Abril begins to choke. Diagnosed with severe cerebral palsy and epilepsy when she was a baby, the Santa Cruz, California, 8-year-old has never spoken, walked or cleared her own throat. Dozens of times a day, her parents, Rafael and Sonia, use a special machine to suction out saliv…

Do you ever hear a sound when there is nothing around to explain it? Or perhaps you have the feeling that someone is nearby when they’re not? Some people have a lot of these experiences. Others, hardly any. Certain mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia, can cause them, but unusual percepti…

When we engage in the creation of our own art forms, we receive big benefits to our minds, both physically and mentally. When we produce art with our own hands, there is increased neural connectivity in the area of the brain that deals with introspection, memory, and self-monitoring. by Caileigh Fl…

"I knew that it was my job to show, you know, that people that are on the spectrum are just regular people."Source: The Autism Site

Every scientific hypothesis comes with a set of assumptions. For example, we assume that a gene will play the same role in mice that it does in people, or that children will behave similarly in a research study as in the real world. A common assumption in genetic studies is that each gene acts indep…

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It’s been a whirlwind of excitement for author, Jem Lester, whose novel Shtum has just been released by The Overlook Press. His journey started when he won the City University/PFD Prize for Fiction in 2013 for Shtum which he wrote for an MA in Creative Writing at City University. He was immediately …

A severe infection during pregnancy disrupts the expression of autism genes in the child, a study in rats suggests1. The findings may help to explain why maternal infections boost autism risk by as much as 37 percent. Infections set off an immune reaction involving molecules that can enter the womb.…

May is Mental Health Month. The three largest mental health facilities in the United States are jails. By Debra Muzikar Last night Lesley Stahl on 60 Minutes profiled Tom Dart, The Sheriff of Cook County and the person who oversees the largest mental health facility in the United States – Cook…

Oscar Widegren, from Stockholm, who has been blind since he was 5, is an athlete. For him, and other blind runners, running is not really possible without another person running next to them who act as a guide. Recently, Oscar was the subject of a project called “The Impossible Run” whic…

This is one of those rare cases in which the challenges of autism can make for funny, light-hearted moments.Source: The Autism Site