Find a better way to manage your time and check more things off your to-do list this school year!  Created with ABA principles by Dan Sundberg, PhD, the Self Management Planner is perfect for those who have busy and frequently changing schedules and want something that will do more than schedule tim…

Business: SMILE Biscotti, LLC Mission: Skills development, social connections and pathways toward greater independence What is SMILE? SMILE (Supporting My Independent Living Enterprise) trains, employs and supports adults on the autism spectrum in an effort to further their growth, happiness and in…

About 1 in 10 toddlers who have an older sibling with autism shows delays in cognitive and motor development, according to the largest-yet study of these so-called ‘baby sibs’1. As many as one in five baby sibs are eventually diagnosed with autism. About one in three end up with psychiatric diagnose…

by Amy Gravino I first met Suzanne Wright in New York at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh, just before I spoke at the United Nations for World Autism Awareness Day in 2011. The panel on which I sat was sponsored by Autism Speaks, a fact that filled me with both gratitude and trepidation. I knew w…

This infographic originally appeared on the UKS Mobility website. Cerebral Palsy is the general term for a number of neurological conditions that affect movement and co-ordination. Neurological conditions are caused by problems in the brain and nervous system. Cerebral palsy is caused by a problem i…

A college football player met 11-year-old Bo while visiting a Tallahassee middle school. Little did he know that his kind gesture to the boy would mean so much.Source: The Autism Site

Pregnant women, like everyone else, get sick. And like everyone else, their bodies try to fight infection and, importantly, keep it from reaching the growing fetus. If the mother’s immune system successfully defeats the virus before the developing baby is exposed or if the virus never crosses the pl…

It’s been three years since researchers unveiled the world’s biggest bank of brain imaging data from people with autism. The open-access resource, dubbed the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange (ABIDE), was set to power up studies with scans from 1,112 people at 17 centers. Dozens of studies have sin…

By Keri Bowers In sharing poems & art for peace throughout the month of September, we support the belief that peace begins within each of us, calling forth individual, collective action to manifest it in the world. The actual day of commemoration each year is September 21st. In a sadly ironic a…

The Reserve Bank of Australia has introduced a new $5 banknote that, among several new features, also has a tactile marking for people who are blind or have low vision. The tactile marking is on both of the longer sides of the note at the bottom, and consists of one bump to denote $5. Future banknot…

Sometimes our learners don’t comply with instructions simply because they don’t fully understand what we are asking of them. At times, I find myself making the error of using too many words when I give directions, especially if I’m in a rush during a transition. For instance, I might say “Grab your …

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A new genetic trick allows researchers to quickly spot the most promising treatments for fragile X syndrome among thousands of candidate compounds1. Fragile X syndrome is a condition that leads to intellectual disability and sometimes autism. It stems from a genetic alteration to a gene called FMR1.…

A college football player met 11-year-old Bo while visiting a Tallahassee middle school. Little did he know that his kind gesture to the boy would mean so much.Source: The Autism Site