9-Year-Old Boy with Autism Goes Missing and Is Discovered Hours Later Dead A regular shopping trip quickly turned into tragedy for one Brooklyn family. The body of a nine-year-old boy was discovered by search and rescue teams close to the edge of a waterway after he lost contact with his family during a shopping trip

Songwriter with Autism Making A Big Splash in the Music Industry Diagnosed with high-functioning autism, Joe Bigalke had many obstacles to overcome during his journey! From an extremely young age, Joe Bigalke was always drawn to music. At the age of two, Joe began playing the piano. Ever since his love of songwriting and musical

Police Handcuff Child with Autism and Mother Calls for Change The mother of an autistic child handcuffed by police is seeking not only answers but change after a disturbing incident. A mother in Craven County, New Bern, is protesting and calling for both answers and change after her autistic son was placed in handcuffs following

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