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Advocacy News
12.4.2020
Autism Speaks applauds Department of Veterans Affairs for including vital autism care in insurance coverage for families of disabled veterans
Click here to read about how the Department of Veterans Affairs is including vital autism care in insurance coverage for families of disabled veterans
Science News
12.2.2020
Autism Speaks to host Thought Leadership Summit on Challenging Behaviors
Autism Speaks will convene an invited group of researchers, clinicians, autistic adults and other autism community members virtually on Dec. 3 and 4,
Science News
12.2.2020
Stress study suggests parent training has benefits for caregivers as well as their kids
A study published in November points to a need for interventions that incorporate parent training to help support their child’s development, based
Blog
12.2.2020
Leaning into autism: Adapt the holiday season to fit your needs
Read helpful tips, shared by an autistic mother, to help people with autism and their families enjoy the holiday season and create new traditions.
Science News
11.30.2020
Autism Speaks announces new grant funding for early-career scientists
In further support of the mission objective to be a catalyst for life-enhancing research breakthroughs, Autism Speaks announced a new round of funding
Tool Kit Excerpt
11.17.2020
Caring for the caregiver
Remember that if you want to take the best possible care of your child, you must first take the best possible care of yourself.
Blog
11.17.2020
Why you should make friends with other parents of autistic kids
A mother of an autistic child shares why you should make friends with other parents of autistic kids.
Blog
11.4.2020
A parent’s perspective on understanding challenging behaviors associated with autism
When Ella was diagnosed with autism, her parents worried about their daughter’s future. Read about Ella’s autism journey in this Q&A with her mom and
Science News
10.26.2020
COVID-19 survey reveals widespread challenges for autism community and wider disparities for minority communities
A survey conducted in April by Autism Speaks – the first autism-specific survey to include a broad minority population - found that families of
Blog
10.21.2020
Autism and politics: Coping with political stresses
Click here to read rules that you can teach to children with autism when coping with political stresses.
Science News
10.21.2020
Study finds teens with autism more likely to develop suicidal behavior due to bullying
Study on Autism Research found that adolescents on the autism spectrum who were bullied were twice as likely to develop suicidal behavior over time.
Advocacy News
10.19.2020
Addressing barriers to behavioral health care services in California
Autism Speaks has expressed concern to the California Department of Health Care Services that some autistic students and their families are being
Blog
10.16.2020
Five things that helped me when I was bullied as an autistic child
Click here to read a post by Troy, who likes to write about his brother with autism, to give a sense of the gifts autistics have to share with others.
News
10.2.2020
Autism Speaks applauds introduction of the Supporting Children with Disabilities During COVID-19 Act
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson and Congressman Adam Schiff introduced legislation which provides dedicated funding for the Individuals with
Science News
9.30.2020
New study links autism traits and eating disorders in moms of autistic children
A July 2020 study in the journal Autism Research found that mothers with eating disorders and a child with autism showed more autistic traits than
Science News
9.30.2020