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(Osage, AR) — The search for 3-year old Aiden Bell ended in tragedy when his lifeless body was found shortly after 1pm on Tuesday afternoon less than a mile from his …
Missing 3-Year Old Found Dead of Apparent Accidental Drowning Read More »
Autism Women’s Network [AWN] has been working hard behind the scenes to put together a program that will enable women on the autism spectrum to support each other through a peer mentor program …
Article originally posted at: Raising Asperger’s Kids There is a wonderful blogger I follow, Mae, who writes, Autism Is Not the Boss. She has written an interesting post ASD terminology: ‘autistic’ vs ‘individual …
Catch 22: Society and Acceptance, but Your Child is More Than Autism Read More »
Lately, the online communities have been talking about the recently released proposed revisions for the the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, version 5 (DSM-V). The proposed revisions embody quite …
The Proposed DSM-V Changes: Is it a Step in the Right Direction? Read More »
The population of children with developmental delaysis growing at an epidemic rate. Parents and teachers are facing many unknowns: Is this child affected by a developmental delay? If so, what is …
Please consider participating in our research study about people’s personal characteristics, mental well-being, and social perception and judgements. This study is conducted at the Autism Research Centre at the University of …
The ARC Mental Well-Being and Social Cognition Project Read More »
We are looking for adult female volunteers aged 18 to 45 with a confirmed diagnosis of high functioning autism or Asperger syndrome to participate in this project, in order to help …
Cambridge Female Autism Imaging Multicentre Study Read More »
“Caroline? She’s my little girl. Why, what about her? Oh, you want to know about her. Well, she’s six, she’s in first grade at a great public school, and just made …
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a book about a 15 year old autistic boy named Christopher. He is a genius at math, but he has trouble with …
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In the autism community, the term self-advocate and advocacy gets used to describe people, sides and positions. But advocacy relates to disability community as a whole as well. And in general, …