Autism Speaks is earning a place as the Microsoft of the autism world! Having swallowed up the National Association for Autism Research (one of the top autism research non-profits ... Read More

Recently, studies and media attention have centered on the idea that American children are overstructured. An article in The Chicago Tribune says kids need time to daydream and climb ... Read More

It's holiday time, and my mind keeps turning to the question of "what do children with autism really like best?" Kristina Chew, author of the AutismVox Blog, offers some ... Read More

You pass a ball field and catch a glimpse of a soccer game. You see a sign for the local school's winter concert. Or -- worse -- you ... Read More

When you think back on your childhood, do you remember wonderful times spent with friends? Did you have a close group of buddies? Did you play on teams, ... Read More

Our Thanksgiving turned out to be a good one. I think the best moment came when we went around the table with our (very!) small family group, saying something ... Read More

Today marks the start of a new series of articles I'm writing for a section of this website called "Autism Therapy 101." Here, you'll find a growing collection of ... Read More

Many of you have said that you celebrate Thanksgiving in a small way, with just your immediate family. It's a great way to save your sanity -- and that ... Read More

I just received the following message from the Autism Research Institute: We are sorry to report that Dr. Bernard Rimland passed away earlier today. More information about Dr. Rimland will be ... Read More

Once again, autism is a major topic in one of the nation's top news magazines. Newsweek's cover story focuses on autistic children growing up, and highlights the appalling lack ... Read More

Every month, every women's magazine worth its salt carries a blazing headline: "Revolutionary Diet Plan Blasts Tummy Fat!" Every month, in the checkout line at the grocery store, I ... Read More

Dental work is no joke with any child. For a child with autism, it can be overwhelming. But fear not: Tammy Davenport, the About.com Guide to Dentistry, has ... Read More

Thanksgiving has almost nothing to recommend itself to folks on the autism spectrum. It's loud and crowded, it's all about social interaction, and it seems to require a working ... Read More

Dr. Manuel Casanova is a highly credentialed researcher at the University of Kentucky. So when I saw an article stating that he had "found the pathology for autism," I ... Read More

It's not very surprising. Parents and doctors have been saying it for years. But this week, Harvard researchers published an article in the British journal The Lancet stating ... Read More

Google alerts sent me this headline from a newspaper in Wales: Finding jobs for autistic victims 7/11/2006 Newport 30-year-old Joe Powell thought he was a hopeless failure when he was sacked from his ... Read More

If you work with autistic children, you've probably heard of PECS (and heard it pronounced "pex.") PECS, or Picture Exchange Cards, were originally created by Pyramid Products as a ... Read More

A reader writes that her wonderful, talented autistic son (age 12) has a problem: when angry, he fllings out threats. Often they sound quite terrifying ("I'll kill you!"). ... Read More

When a child with autism is young, parents are encouraged to build a team, make playdates and support every step of development. Every day, someone else makes the point ... Read More

A teen with an autism spectrum disorder is still a teen. For many, that means feeling the pressure to be cool. For some kids, "coolness" is almost impossible to achieve ... Read More

Last night, we attempted a "not so haunted house" on a Star Wars theme, with the hope of attracting trick or treaters to our rather isolated home. Despite our ... Read More