Events

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…

In light of my most recent post about zoos and children with autism, it was only fitting that our family decided to pack our bags and head to Disney's Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. Having never been to…

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 wonderful story has been reported out of Kentucky where a mother of twins with autism created an event for neurotypical children at her sons' school to experience what it's like to have autism. During Cumberland Trace Elementary School's…

April is Autism Awareness Month and an ambitious effort has been launched by Autism Speaks for a second straight year through its 'Light It Up Blue' campaign. On April 1st and 2nd, buildings and well-known landmarks in over 120 cities…

Yesterday, the Miami-Dade Chapter of Autism Speaks held its annual autism walk at JC Bermudez Park in the City of Doral, a suburb of Miami, Florida. The event, which was originally planned for Key Biscayne’s Crandon Park, was moved…

The Autism Society of Minnesota recently hosted an "Autism and Employment" conference in which managers from 3M, Cargill and Best Buy took to the stage in praise of their employees with autism, counting them "among their…

It’s always beneficial when a well-known public figure can use their celebrity status to raise awareness and funding for autism. But when that celebrity also has a child with autism, there is a “credibility” factor and an instant connection…

2011 Walk for Autism Coming to Chicago in May Chicago Walk Now for Autism Speaks Sunday, May 21, 2011 Soldier Field 1410 S Museum Campus Dr Chicago, IL 60605 Registration Begins at 8:00 a.m. Opening…