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Ethan Hirschberg at age 11 wearing a SWAT team costume
Life on the Spectrum
10.25.2017

Autism Halloween tips

Ethan Hirschberg shares tips to help make Halloween comfortable for autistic children.
Brain illustration with a lightbulb above it
Science Blog
10.23.2017

Why does it take brains to understand autism?

Guest post by Alycia Halladay, chief science officer for the Autism Science Foundation
Science News
10.20.2017

World’s largest autism genome databank adds more than 2,000 sequences

Today, the Autism Speaks MSSNG team announced the upload of an additional 2,030 fully sequenced genomes to the project's cloud-based databank, making
An autistic boy wearing a Halloween costume of a fire alarm
Blog
10.18.2017

Uncommon autism Halloween costumes

Brittany Miller shares some of the unconventional autism Halloween costumes that her son Grandy has worn over the years.
Science News
10.17.2017

The results are in: Priorities in autism research

Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Thomas Frazier shares the results of the Autism Speaks Science Planning Survey.
Science News
10.15.2017

Autism researchers Coyle, Lord and State win international honors

Autism Speaks congratulates autism researchers Joe Coyle, Cathy Lord and Matt State on receiving the National Academy of Medicine’s Sarnat
Ethan Hirschberg
Life on the Spectrum
10.9.2017

Advice for teachers from a teen on the autism spectrum

This blog post is by Ethan Hirschberg, a teenager with autism.
Press Release
10.5.2017

Autism Speaks 2017 Celebrity Chef Gala Brings Together World-Class Chefs For a Cause

Hosted by *NSYNC recording artist Joey Fatone, event raises vital funds for autism research and resources for children and adults
male teacher reading a book to students
Blog
10.5.2017

A note to teachers from parents of kids with autism

This blog post was written by Kathy Hooven who's son Ryan has autism. You can read more about Kathy and her family on her blog, The AWEnesty of Autism
Advocacy News
10.4.2017

Legislator Jim Patterson remembered as a legislative champion

Today we remember Alabama State Representative, Jim Patterson who passed away on Monday of a sudden heart attack. Representative Patterson was a
Science News
10.1.2017

Thank you for taking the 2017 Autism Speaks Science Planning Survey

The Autism Speaks Science Planning Survey is now closed. Thank you for your input, which we'll be sharing in our science news column in the coming
preschool students
Blog
9.28.2017

This inclusion project is supporting preschoolers with autism

This blog post is by Jen Reinehr, Program Psychologist at the Rady Children's Hospital Foundation.
Blue bracelet from a Kiehl's and Autism Speaks partnership
News
9.22.2017

How the Kiehl's and Autism Speaks partnership came about

Q&A is with Cheryl Vitali, Kiehl's Worldwide General Manager and Autism Speaks board member.
Office of Disability Employment Policy NDEAM
News
9.19.2017

NDEAM 2017: Inclusion Drives Innovation

Each October for more than 70 years, the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) has observed National Disability
Cover of the Autism Empowerment Kit
News
9.19.2017

Microsoft's Commitment to "Impact Sourcing"

In May 2017, Autism Speaks was proud to partner with Microsoft at its annual Microsoft Supplier Program Summit in Redmond, Washington.
Advocacy News
9.15.2017

Children’s Health Insurance Program: Cmte Hearing to Reauthorization

Earlier this month, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Testifying