Paul Burns/Getty Images You'd think that a diagnosis of autism from a qualified medical professional would help settle parents' concerns - and send them in the right direction to ... Read More

There is nothing in the diagnostic criteria for autism that refers to physical illness. While people with autism are subject to the same ordinary sicknesses as everyone else, there's ... Read More

Barros and Barros - Getty Images Sensory integration therapy is one of those many treatments for autism that parents swear by - and doctors question. At least, until ... Read More

Erik Dreyer - Getty Images Many children with autism have low or no verbal skills. That means, of course, that they can't communicate their needs in the ordinary ... Read More

Klaus Lahnstein - Getty Images Readers interested in the slowly unfolding story of the Vaccine Court autism trials may be interested in reading David Kirby's most recent blog on ... Read More

A new study from the University of Texas seems to suggest a relationship between industrial mercury and autism. According to an article in Science Daily: A newly published study of ... Read More

For kids with autism, change is tough. Not just big change, but even the ordinary daily transitions from home to school; from recess to class; from grandma's to home. ... Read More

If you read this blog regularly, you'll know that we've been having a very active conversation about the Amish and autism. In the course of that conversation, one reader ... Read More

Meredith Parmelee - Getty Images A mom writes on the Autism.About.Com Forum: I am the mother of three kids, 9, 5 and 3. My 5 year old was diagnosed ... Read More

For reasons that are a bit unclear to me, some folks have interpreted yesterday's blog post as suggesting that parents are somehow responsible for causing their children's autism. If ... Read More

Alan Becker - Getty Images I just read, for the umpteenth time, a statement that "the Amish don't vaccinate, and that's why there are no Amish people with autism." ... Read More

JCharles Gullung - Getty Images With the recent publication of their new book, Does Your Baby Have Autism?, Philip and Osnat Teitelbaum have reopened the question - "is it ... Read More

Juan Silva - Getty Images When I lived in the Philadelphia suburbs, I had a little boy with autism - and though there weren't a million and one summer ... Read More

Jim Esposito - Getty Images A mom on the Autism.About.Com Forum writes that her son, age 14, has just received a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome and asks "what do ... Read More

Buccina Studios/Getty Images The world of autism is complex, and it's constantly changing. That's why the blog at Autism.About.Com keeps up with the news, analyzing new studies and ... Read More

William Stillman If there's a person with autism in your life (or if you're autistic yourself), you know that the autistic brain is different. Some differences are, of ... Read More

Tetra Images/Getty Images A few weeks ago, Dr. Jon Poling and his wife won a case in the Vaccine Court. The case focused on the Poling's daughter, Hannah, ... Read More

Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images for Comedy Central As autism fundraisers go, the Night of Too Many Stars, scheduled for Sunday, April 13, is a lot more fun than ... Read More

Winfred Evers - Getty Images This is just so freaky and amazing, I have to share it. After reading a few lines in a book about something called synethesia, I ... Read More

C Squared Studios- Getty Images Today's Vaccine Safety meeting is attracting attention from the media, including an article in today's New York Times: In the midst of yet another ... Read More

National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) Vaccine Safety Working Group is a part of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Tomorrow, April 11, the Working Group will be ... Read More

Don Farral - Getty Images More than a year ago, professor Manuel Casanova at the University of Louisville in Kentucky published findings regarding differences in the structure of autistic ... Read More

Back when many of us were growing up, there was quite literally no such thing as an autism spectrum disorder, Asperger syndrome, or PDD-NOS. Those diagnostic categories were invented ... Read More

Peter Cade - Getty Images What is the "vaccines and autism" controversy all about? At this point in history, there is no easy answer to that question. ... Read More

SW Productions/Getty Images A reader writes: My son was diagnosed at age 31 with Asperger's. He suffers from depression and anxiety. He is a college student and lives ... Read More

Thomas Northcut/Getty Images A grandmother visiting the Autism.About.Com Forum has a ten-year-old grandson with autism. She asks the following question: My grandson has severe autism - no language,some drastic ... Read More

It's still possible to find behavior therapists sitting children in chairs for forty hours a week. Over and over again, the therapists hold out a spoon, or a fork, ... Read More

Juliet White/Getty Images Maybe the grocery store isn't the best place for a child with autism. Perhaps the typical classroom isn't an ideal setting. Soccer may not be her sport. In America, ... Read More

Discovery Toys "Parent Support Pack" When Tommy was small, various therapists suggested he might benefit from "therapeutic" toys. From time to time, an Occupational Therapist or Behavior Therapist ... Read More

David Joel - Getty Images Premature babies face many possible problems, and according to an article in the Associated Press, autism may be one of those problems: A small study ... Read More

It's World Autism Awareness Day! Autism Awareness Ribbon I'd write at length about this massive worldwide event - but I'm sure you are getting more than your fill of information, stories, ... Read More

Yesterday, for the first time ever, Tommy (age 11) decided he would like to play some April Fools jokes. His idea, to put a whoopie cushion on Dad's seat, ... Read More