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Fallbrook artist Joel Anderson, “The Artist of Smiles,” has his dog portraits on display at TERI Campus of Life in San Marcos through October 2026. By Debra Muzikar Last week I had the pleasure to assist Fallbrook artist Joel Anderson in hanging his dog series art outside Teri’s Co…
5 days ago · From The Art of Autism
This list is meant as a springboard for discussion and more awareness into the female experience with autism. By Samantha Craft Females with Autism: An Unofficial List Section A: Deep Thinkers A deep thinker A prolific writer drawn to poetry *Highly intelligent Sees things at multiple levels, incl…
6 days ago · From The Art of Autism
The Biology of Breaking By Jessica Penot An autistic meltdown is an involuntary loss of behavioral, emotional, and physiological regulation that occurs when an autistic person’s ability to cope with sensory, cognitive, emotional, or environmental demands is exceeded. Unlike a temper tantrum, a meltd…
11 days ago · From The Art of Autism
Living in Full Color By Mimi Oh Let’s be brutally honest: Being a Black woman is already hard enough. As part of the overlap of intersectionality, I fully identified as a dark-skinned, cisgender, bi/demisexual, Catholic, Black-American woman of Nigerian descent, whose culture revolves around the Igb…
12 days ago · From The Art of Autism
Three McMaster University students—Arish Shahab, Aaron Yu, and Ramin Syed—founded the startup Amano to tackle the financial barriers associated with hearing care. Inspired by their own family members’ struggles with hearing loss and expensive treatments, the team created a low-cost, over-the-c…
21.07.2026 · From Assistive Technology Blog
By Sam Blanco, PhD, LBA, BCBA-D I am excited to share that we are building a resource to help BCBAs with the challenges of insurance billing. The ABA Billing Made Easy eBook will be coming out this fall. Many BCBAs struggle with billing rules and documentation with insurance. It can feel like …
15.07.2026 · From Different Roads to Learning
At Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital in Nashville, the newest piece of mobility equipment is a 3D printed wheelchair — built layer by layer by a gaming and technology specialist who had never set out to design a wheelchair at all. That detail matters. It’s a small sign of a much b…
29.06.2026 · From Assistive Technology Blog
By Sam Blanco, PhD, LBA, BCBA-D I’ve been working with families with autism for over 25 years, and have witnessed firsthand the major shifts in provision of ABA services. We’re living in a time where far more families have access to services, but as the services have become more available the hum…
12.06.2026 · From Different Roads to Learning
By James T. Ellis, PhD, BCBA-D and Christine Almeida, MSEd, EdS, BCBA Image by Chessie Almeida Hi! Hello! Welcome to the Socially Savvy Second Edition! Almost 20 years ago, we (Christine and Jim) decided to develop a social-skills assessment, which eventually became Socially Savvy. At the t…
05.06.2026 · From Different Roads to Learning
Prefer listening? Try the audio overview of this post by pressing play below. When we think of robots, we usually picture rigid machines on a factory floor. They require exhaustive programming, massive datasets, and perfectly controlled environments to function. If one thing is out of place, …
30.05.2026 · From Assistive Technology Blog