I breastfed my son for a little over 18 months....My sister-in-law chose NOT to breastfeed her son (just one year younger than mine) and he has autism too. So, ... Read More

Could breastfeeding cause autism?! A new article on the University of California San Francisco's website cites neuroscientist Michael Merzenich on the subject. He's conducted research on rats, feeding the babies ... Read More

A mom contacted me from Nepal this morning, looking for autism resources. In a quick Google search, I came across Autism India's site, which contains an incredible resource: a ... Read More

A study in the August issue of Pediatrics will announce that children with autism are NOT plagued with gastrointestinal issues. The study notes, however, that kids on the autism ... Read More

I recently wrote a blog asking whether graphic, negative portrayals of kids with autism create roadblocks to inclusion. In response, EquiisSavant made this very important point: All of us who ... Read More

In an attempt to build awareness of the most negative aspects of autism, writers and film makers have gone all-out in their graphic depictions of the worst of the worst. Children ... Read More

The New York Times' blog Motherlode is running a long response by a mom to the recent study which, perhaps, understated the stress that autism can place on families. ... Read More

Brilliant and quirky? Or troubled and scary? It really depends upon your point of view regarding a young man with "a form of autism" who succeeded in bamboozling ... Read More

Yesterday, I wrote a blog about stressors for parents of kids with autism. In my list, I included this bullet point: Every support group for parents of kids with autism ... Read More

On Saturday, I wrote about a new study that finds that raising kids with autism is more stressful for moms than raising kids with other developmental issues (dads were not ... Read More

A child with autism stands on the edge of a group of would-be soccer players. While other children do warm-ups -- some well, some awkwardly -- the child with ... Read More

An intriguing article in today's edition of Newswise seems to open up a whole new way of thinking about autism. Here's why: Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland scientist and ... Read More

I've often heard parents and teachers comment "back when I was a kid/first began teaching there were no kids with autism in my class. Now, most classes have at ... Read More

In a shockingly obvious finding, researchers have discovered that it's more stressful to raise a child with autism than to raise a child with non-autism-related delays. According to an ... Read More

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is probably the best-known and best-researched therapy for autism. Its purpose, in essence, is to teach children with autism to act, speak and engage as ... Read More

Physical awkwardness, low motor tone and other gross motor issues have always been among the symptoms of autism spectrum disorders. Up until now, though, there's been little research conducted ... Read More

There seems to be no end in sight to the debate over whether vaccines, in one way or another, actually cause children to become autistic. In fact, over the ... Read More

It's so tempting to read those blaring headlines and leap onto those gleaming bandwagons. Today's headline on the BBC reads Problem pregnancy 'autism risk' -- suggesting to the offhand reader that ... Read More

Jeff Baker/Getty Images July Fourth is one of those lose-lose holidays for folks on the autism spectrum. If the noise doesn't make you nuts, the crowds will. ... Read More

The Interactive Autism Network (IAN) is a research project of the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Maryland. Through focus groups and surveys of families living with autism, they've built an ... Read More

I received a press release yesterday, signaling the resignation of a second major player at the huge non-profit Autism Speaks. Last time, the resignation letter came from Alison Singer, ... Read More