Articles
News
3.3.2017
The 6th tallest building in the world will go blue on April 2
The Taipei 101, formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center - a landmark skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan - will Light It Up Blue on April 2, 2017
Expert Opinion
2.27.2017
Autism and taking turns
Dr. Janine Stichter answers a question about autism and taking turns. See her strategies and activities to promote sharing and turn-taking.
News
2.24.2017
Niagara Falls to Light It Up Blue on World Autism Awareness Day
On April 2nd, 2017, Niagara Falls will be lit blue for a 15-minute duration from 10:00 pm to 10:15 pm in honor of World Autism Awareness Day!
Life on the Spectrum
2.23.2017
I was nonverbal until I was 4; Now I'm graduating from college
This guest post is by Hannah Tsukroff, a young woman with a diagnosis of ADD and Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), a
Blog
2.23.2017
Why this man with autism is being honored at the Oscars
The post below is by Ron Suskind, a Pulitzer-winning journalist, author and one of the subjects of Oscar-nominated documentary Life Animated.
News
2.22.2017
Dunlap & Magee raises $11,890 for Autism Speaks in PTO donations
Read about how Dunlap & Magee raised $11,890 for Autism Speaks in PTO donations.
Life on the Spectrum
2.22.2017
How technology can help people with autism succeed in the workplace
Corporate culture has finally caught up so that those of us with autism spectrum disorder can use technology to help us not only survive in the
Press Release
2.21.2017
Powered by Love: T-shirt designed by Tommy Hilfiger supports the Autism Speaks Walk
Autism Speaks board member and advocate Tommy Hilfiger has designed a T-Shirt exclusively to support the 2017 Autism Speaks Walk
Science News
2.15.2017
Study finds altered brain growth patterns that predict autism
Experimental brain-imaging method predicts autism based on early differences in brain growth; potential for earlier diagnosis and therapy for high
Science Blog
2.14.2017
Teacher seeks advice: Student with autism intimidates others
I teach in a self-contained classroom for students who have autism. I hear a lot about kids with autism being victims of bullying. But can they be
Expert Opinion
2.12.2017
Autism and the transition to adult healthcare
Dr. Daniel Coury answers a question on how to help autistic kids and teens transition from pediatric to adult healthcare.
Blog
2.8.2017
After years of therapy my son with autism is now playing basketball
This guest post is by Jill Briesch, a tax accountant from Dallas, TX who has two sons, one with autism.
Blog
2.8.2017
A letter to my son, brother to a sibling with autism
Click here to read a letter from a mother to her autistic child about how they changed her whole life.
Blog
2.6.2017
What I wish for my son with autism
This blog post was written by Kathy Hooven and her son, Ryan, who has autism. You can read more about Kathy and her family on her blog, The AWEnesty
Science Blog
2.6.2017
Investigating autism's environmental risk factors
An interview with Craig Newschaffer, lead investigator of the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation, co-funded by Autism Speaks
Blog
1.30.2017