Gary G. Porter

A common characteristic of those on the autism spectrum is the difficulty in grasping abstract concepts, meaning non-tangible ideas, objects or things are often difficult to understand. Thus, the majority of those with autism are concrete…

Last week, I had the pleasure of meeting a number of different people within the autism community at the Autism Society's 42nd annual conference in Orlando, Florida. We attended as exhibitors to introduce a new line of autism jewelry that…

Beginning this Wednesday, July 6, the Autism Society of America Foundation will hold its annual conference in Orlando, Florida. This will mark the organization's 42nd conference and is one of the largest of its kind in the nation. The…

A UK teen who has been implicated in a string of website hacking incidents, has Asperger's Syndrome, his lawyer said this past week. Ryan Cleary, 19, has been accused of taking down Britain's Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) website…

A bizarre and tragic story has emerged out of Houston this week, where a 7-year-old child with autism accidentally shot and killed his 5-year-old brother after they were left alone in a motel room. The boys' father, Vincent Del Sol, was…

In what has seemingly become an epidemic within the autism community, another child with autism has tragically drowned as a result of a wandering-related episode. Seven-year-old John Burton, Jr., from southeast Indiana, had just moved into…

Many parents of children with autism often wonder what their child is thinking and feeling and frequently pose the question, "I wonder what's going on inside of that head?" Well, thanks to a YouTube user that goes by the…

In an upsetting story out of the United Kingdom, a 49-year-old mother has been found not-guilty of murdering her 11-year-old son with autism, despite admitting to strangling him in a hotel room back in May of last year. Yvonne Freaney, a…

In many seasons since its inception, American Idol has been dogged with accusations of voting irregularities, mainly from disgruntled fans of popular contestants who were upset that their favorites did not advance to the next round. It's no…

In what could be reminiscent of the 2000 presidential election, there has been some Internet chatter about a potential American Idol voting controversy involving James Durbin and Lauren Alaina and the possibility that some votes…