Autism Awareness

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…

Previously, I wrote an article guiding parents towards the best iPad apps for expressive language that I discovered during the course of doing some research. Today, while browsing my same source for that article, I discovered that on…

Parents and caregivers of children with autism know that dealing with meltdowns is a part of life. We become adept at calming down our child as quickly and as best we can, whether at home or in public. It's hard to surrender a child to…

Recently, I interviewed Michael Buckholtz, founder of Aid for Autistic Children Foundation and an individual with Asperger's Syndrome and OCD. Michael is a songwriter, performer, multi-platinum record producer and among other things, has…

Repetitive behaviors in those with autism have long been viewed as something to be eradicated. My own son's problems in school began with his teacher's intolerance for his incessant rocking and pencil tapping in class. These compulsions got…

Beginning Wednesday, May, 25, 2011, the AutismOne/Generation Rescue Conference will begin at The Westin Hotel in the Chicago suburb of Lombard. The five-day event concludes on Sunday, May 29 and will contain a vast amount of information…

A groundbreaking University of Wisconsin-Madison study reveals some hard truths about the toll autism takes on fathers. According to the researchers: • More than 30 percent of fathers of grown children with autism experience…

As we reported last month, three-year-old Adam Benhamama, vanished during a game of hide-and-seek with his sister in a suburb of Montreal, Canada. His disappearance initiated an intensive three-day manhunt that yielded few clues and no…

Parents of children with autism are painfully aware of bullying, but often feel helpless when it comes to protecting their child in a school environment. Some wise children have taken it upon themselves to address the issue head-on. Last…

Lately, there's been much conflicting news about autism rates. A recent study from Britain contends that there is no epidemic, there's just a great many undiagnosed adults walking around. Yet after conducting a study in South Korea, The…