Vancouver Autistic Artist Designs United Nations Stamp
From Global TV: Vancouver’s J.A. Tan is one of eight artists from around the world whose work will be seen on a United Nations postage stamp.
Shakespeare, Theater and Autism
Very cool production in Eugene, Oregon where a drama teacher works with her students to help produce “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” – featuring students with Autism. It’s great seeing this kind of effort going into education and I hope to see more examples from around the country in the years ahead. Video courtesy of the [...]
Questioning Whether Rise Is “Real” or Better Diagnosis: 1 in 88 US Kids Now Have Autism
Today the CDC reported that Autism has risen 78% over the past ten years – to the point where now 1 in 88 children (and 1 in 55 boys) now are diagnosed with it. These numbers are simply staggering and many within the Autism community expressed their sadness and disappointment in this development. Mark Roithmayr, [...]
AutismAid’s Ambitious Goal: Unifying and Supporting National Autism Community
AutismAid, an ambitious new non-profit organization was formally announced early today by Founders Tim Welsh, a longtime Autism advocate known as @TannersDad on Twitter, and Lawrence Goldfarb, a successful businessman, founder of LRG Capital Group and Bay Area Autism activist. I’ve known Tim via Twitter for more than three years now, and he debriefed me [...]
Christmas, Twins and Autism
Anyone with kids knows how special Christmas and the holidays are for children. It really is fun to experience the season through their eyes – and to see the joy on their faces when they receive a long-desired (or surprise) gift. As is the case with so many aspects of having twins – with one [...]
Friday Night Swarm – Progress and Hope With Stone
Many people saw my Facebook and Twitter update last Friday night, when I posted: With #Autism, sometimes milestones come in small increments. But sometimes you get a swarm. Tonight was a swarm nite w/Stone. Progress & hope! I’ve had a few people ask what transpired that night that inspired my optimism, so here is a [...]
Special Santa Visit
One of the great holiday traditions for most American families is a visit with Santa Claus – an opportunity for children to share their Christmas wish list and immerse themselves in the pageantry of lights, decorations, elves and reindeer. Given how in-demand the typical Santa usually is, kids don’t have much time with him and [...]
A special needs parenting nightmare: bullying in the school (by teachers)
Parents of special needs children have no shortage of worries and concerns but if you want an idea of what causes many of us to lay awake at night, watch this disturbing story that aired on NBC that covers the experience of a special needs girl in Florida who was bullied daily in class – [...]
What’s it like raising a 5 year old with Autism?
Autism is now so pervasive – and awareness has been raised so much – that its safe to say that nearly every American adult now has some connection to it. It may be a co-worker, relative or friend – but chances are they know someone who has a child who is on the spectrum. I [...]
New research Links Autism and Environmental factors
In case you missed it (and this would have been easy to do given most of the media coverage occurred on July 4th), a study conducted by UCSF revealed that while genetics account for 38 percent of the risk of autism, environmental factors account for 63 percent. The study was conducted on 192 pairs of [...]
