It isn’t only those with autism that suffer, it also reaches out and touches the family members of those affected by it! A new study has found that the siblings of children with autism are more likely to struggle with depression, social problems, and anxiety. This latest study has shown even more evidence to support

Recent research published in the American Journal of Psychiatry has found a distinct link between autism and pesticides. Recently published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, research into pesticides and autism has found that there could be a dangerous link between the two. The study focused on one particular pesticide, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, or DDT. The pesticide

Halloween for most people can be a fun and exciting time filled with scary costumes, bright lights, and loud music, but it can be a nightmare for children on the autism spectrums and their families. Dressing up in costumes, trick or treating, running around the neighborhood screaming and laughing. Just another Halloween for most children

Scientists are busy proving that feeling you get in your gut when something isn’t quite right may be closer to fact than fiction! Dr. Ai-Ling Lin from the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is investigating the ‘gut feeling’ that many people experience. These studies have shown that our guts and brains are even

Studies have shown that as little as one hour of drumming per week could help children with autism follow instructions and interact with their peers. A recent study which was led by the University of Chichester and the University Centre Hartpury has shown that two thirty-minute drumming sessions per week could help children follow their

While the average customer passed on Google Glass, it could become an important tool to help improve social skills for children with autism! A study which has been published in NPJ Digital Medicine has shed more light on the idea that augmented reality glasses combined with the right choice of software could make a huge

You hear a lot about people doing nice things, but a grocery store workers’ act of kindness towards a young man with autism in Baton Rouge is setting the social media world on fire! 17-year-old Jack Ryan Edwards was shopping with his father in their local Baton Rouge supermarket when Jack suddenly stopped. Jack, who