In order to help children on the Autism spectrum (as well as their parents) understand, and get more comfortable with the process of flying – going to the airport, checking in, getting boarding passes, going through security, walking to the gate, and boarding the flight – a Missouri not …

When Kevin Pelphrey announced in February that he was leaving his post at the prestigious Yale Child Study Center, the news had the hint of an echo. His departure is the latest in a series of high-profile exits. In the past ten years, Yale has lost four other stalwarts of autism research either to o…

Oticon Opn, the next generation of hearing aids, does a lot more than just helping deaf or hard of hearing people hear. Besides fitting discretely behind a person’s ears, Oticon Opn also makes hearing multiple speakers in noisy environments, and improves their ability to understand speech in c…

Remember those Halloween haunted house party days when parents filled bowls with "brains," "blood," and other spooky items for you to feel? This sensory balloon activity has all the fun and mystery without the mess.Source: The Autism Site

The increase in autism awareness has led many adults to wonder if they themselves are on the spectrum. But how can one find a diagnosis when there's such a strong emphasis on kids?Source: The Autism Site

On January 9, 2016 at Autistry Studios, we met Michael, a friendly young man, who was working on a project, building a Lego MindStorm R3ptor, with an Autistry mentor. Michael’s hands were shaky and he was easily frustrated when pieces did not immediately fit together. “I can’t do this. Help me…

In June, a group of researchers broadcast what they claimed is a dangerous flaw in popular programs for analyzing brain images. A bug in the programs, the researchers warned, highlights hotspots of brain activity that are not actually present. It may even have infected some autism studies. But the r…

“I was existing, floating, drifting in my own bubble and couldn’t get out. Sometimes it felt like everybody else was in a bubble and I couldn’t get in. Those moments I ‘knew’ everybody knew what was going on . . . and I didn’t.”  By Eva Angvert Harren Throughout my life I have not been a…

What a great summer! New faces, cool excursions, and lots of great news. But before we look back, let’s look forward to this coming weekend. Steve Gatlin of Special Affects Films has organized a film festival “dedicated to showcasing the finest films being produced for, by and about the …

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Diego Raf Diaz has a dream. He wants to use his talent as an animator to tell the real stories of autistic people. He’s calling it, “The Gift of Autism.” Diego was diagnosed with autism at an early age. He says that watching videos had a huge impact on him, especially Pinocchio and…

In some children with autism, normal development stalls, often around age 2, and they start to lose many of the communication and social skills they had already mastered. The first large epidemiological study of this phenomenon, called regression, reveals that it occurs in at least 20 percent of chi…

When Evelyn (or Eve, as she is fondly called) was 4 months old, doctors found out that she had cancer. Her stage four neuroblastoma tumor couldn’t be removed, so she had to go through 8 rounds of Chemotherapy. Although her cancer is now in remission, she has been paralyzed from her arms down. …

Taking photos of everyday objects and scenery around us has become a way of life. All it takes these days is to whip out our smart phone and start taking photos of people, food, beloved pets around us, and all the places we go to. However, taking photos with a smartphone may be a challenge for peopl…