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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…

Tampa, Florida brings us an appalling case of a single mother jailed because her child with autism missed too much school. Non-verbal and prone to disrupting class, the son attended half-days at his elementary school. His mother would…

Following up on a story we reported on in May, Yvonne Freaney, a UK mother who killed her 11-year-old son with severe autism, has been allowed to walk free by Justice Wyn Williams this past week. This comes after initially being cleared of…

A collaboration between the Temple Grandin School and the University of Colorado's Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences department is using radio interviews as a way of teaching better communication skills to individuals with Asperger's…

A truly disheartening story has emerged from Queens, New York where Bellerose residents are saying “not in my backyard” to an Astoria nonprofit’s plan to set up a group home for young adults with autism in their neighborhood. Apparently,…

Among the tried and true therapies available for autism is cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). In recent years, cognitive therapies developed in the 1950's and 60's evolved into cognitive behavior therapy as it is known today. CBT is based…

In my ongoing research of autism treatments, I have been delighted to find that some of the most effective means of addressing autism involve reconnecting with the natural world, the physical body and the creative self. Heartening…

A series of disturbing news stories paints a grim picture of the State's intervention in the families of individuals with autism. Perhaps the most harrowing case emerged from The Detroit Free Press, who recently published a six-part…

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…

At a time when the heartbreak of wandering is ever present in the news, the battle for having autism service dogs in school rages on. Service dogs are known to calm anxious children, disrupt their tantrums, aid in making transitions and…