Leo Kanner’s ideas about autism have been widely misunderstood. Recent media accounts and books report that he blamed parents for causing autism. But Kanner did not blame parents. In fact, his astute observations of parents gave him deep sympathy for them, and led to his fundamental insights about t…

Update 4/26/2016 I’m collecting favorite quotes about autism from some of my favorite people. Please share your own in the comments and if I like it, I may add it to the list. 1. “If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism,” Dr. Stephen Shor…

We’re wrapping up Autism Awareness Month by discounting collection of some of our bestselling products that are most essential to creating and running an ABA program. Use our promo code APRILABA this week to take 15%* off any of these these flashcards, token boards, Time Timers, books, and mor…

Paula Powers is  a new children’s picture book author and also a single, full-time working mom to a young son with autism. She’s wanted to write children’s books since she was young and now was the time to make that dream come true. What will she claim as her greatest reward? Inspiring young r…

Using a new device, researchers can eavesdrop on neural chatter between distant brain regions as mice socialize. The tool, described in this month’s Nature Methods, could reveal how neurons communicate during social exchanges between mice that carry autism-linked mutations. 1 The tool is the latest …

This post is meant to be thought provoking.  Please share your thoughts & feedback in the comments section below.We live in a world that is inventing assistive technology solutions constantly. There are all sorts of devices, accessories, apps,  and wearables that are inexpensive, yet p…

Check out this Color Sorting Jar Activity designed by Lavinia Pop from In My World! This printable activity includes four different color jars: red, orange, yellow, and green. It also includes sixteen different corresponding images, four for each color jar. To create the color sorting jar, you cut a…

The office of clinical psychologist Somer Bishop at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) isn’t your typical stodgy academic hideaway. In addition to the requisite framed diplomas and awards, it is adorned with mementoes from her clients. One photo depicts adults who were part of a soci…

Here’s how O’Roak describes what he’ll discuss during the session: Moving from candidate autism risk genes to validated ones has been tremendously difficult in complex neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism. A large part of this difficulty is due to heterogeneity in the genes that lead to autis…

Thailand's Thammasat University, in collaboration with Samsung, has created a new ink that rises up when heated, thus giving it an embossed effect, just like what you would expect from a Braille embosser. What's revolutionary about this ink is that it can be used with regular printers on regular pap…

This week, we’re honored to feature an article by Edward Fenske, MAT, EdS, the former executive director of the Princeton Child Development Institute, who shares his critique on the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Education’s joint statement on inclusive education for all chi…

How can you help your child overcome the fear of the unknown? This was the question I asked myself when Jonathan was going to start his next school year at a brand new school. Why did we change schools? Well, his first school just wasn’t a good fit for him academically or socially. We didn’t know it…

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Mutations in genes that seemingly don’t affect the corresponding proteins may still boost autism risk. These so-called synonymous, or ‘silent,’ mutations may change how genes are pieced together, suggests a study published in March in Neuron1. The first strong hint that this might be important in au…