The Red Cross Says Children with Autism are 160 Times More Likely to Drown Swim schools are working to reduce the risk of children with autism drowning after alarming Red Cross statistic highlights the dangers and risks. As summer reaches its peak, an increased focus on water safety is on everyone’s mind amid some alarming

An Autistic Teenager and His Mother Thrown Out of Theatre for Using the Bathroom After an angry manager confronted Christine and her son for using the women’s bathroom, police were called, and the pair were forced to leave the theatre. Christine Gallinaro and her 15-year-old love going to their local New Jersey movie theatre,

Autism Treatment Centers Approved for $48.5 Million Bankruptcy Sale The fate of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) could finally be one step closer to being resolved! Doreen Granpeesheh, the founder and original owner of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD), recently found out that she won her bid to

Researchers Have Linked Gut Microbiome to Autism Spectrum Disorder Could gut health plays an important role in ASD? Professor Evan Elliott of the Bar-Ilan University located in Israel has revealed that a new study shows the influence of the gut-brain axis in conjunction with the biology of autism. A team of global researchers has

NBA Veteran Basketballer Tony Snell Reveals Autism Diagnosis “It just made my whole life, everything about my life makes so much sense.” Veteran NBA basketballer, Tony Snell, has revealed a diagnosis of autism at the age of 31, “It was like a clarity. And it just made my whole life, everything about my life makes

Controversial ‘Cost of Autism’ Paper Retracted A controversial paper about the ‘cost of autism’ has finally been retracted after two years! A paper which was titled ‘Autism Tsunami the Impact of Rising Prevalence on the Societal Cost of Autism in the United States’ and published in July 2021 in the Journal of Autism and

Have Scientists Discovered a Pill That Cures Autism? Could scientists have finally discovered a pill that could cure autism? A recent study into the epilepsy drug lamotrigine, which is used to treat the symptoms of bipolar disorder and epilepsy, found that it also reversed autism-like behavior in mice. Currently, there’s no known cure for

Communication Breakdown: The Struggle for Verbal and Nonverbal Expression What are some communication problems faced by people on the autism spectrum? One of the core symptoms associated with autism is communication problems. However, no two people are the same, and how autism affects one person can be completely different from someone else. Not only does

Executive Functioning: The Hidden Obstacle in Autism What is executive functioning, and why is it so important? Executive functioning refers to your ability to process information. Skills included in executive functioning are organization, planning, attention, and inhibiting yourself from making inappropriate responses to verbal communication and situations. In the following article, we’ll look at

Navigating the Autism Diagnosis Process: What Parents Should Know What are the steps you’ll need to navigate after an autism diagnosis? Navigating through the autism diagnosis process can be intimidating and frightening for the parents of young children, especially when you don’t understand how the process works. To arrive at a diagnosis of autism, professional