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I joined Georgetown University’s disability awareness club, DiversAbility, now in its second year, upon arriving at campus. During one of our previous meetings, one of the club’s officers mentioned that we will be hosting an…

Happy Five Year Anniversary ASAN! Tonight, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s celebration will take place at The National Press Club in Washington, DC from 6:30–9:00 pm. The 1st Annual Award for Exceptional Services to the Autistic Community will be…

You’re worth it. You’re worth the energy, You’re worth loving, You’re worth believing in. When you mess up, When you can’t go back and fix it, When you don’t know how to help, You are…

Katie Bridges is a full time writer who lives in Vancouver, Washington. By full time writer, she means that she hardly ever stops writing! Whether she’s working on a piece of fiction or composing a letter of…

As Maggie grew older, her parents Rick and Laura suspected more and more that their daughter had autism. They knew that boys usually were diagnosed with autism more frequently than girls were. In fact, boys…

ASD Specialist, Dr. Tony Attwood is assisting with this research project, and it is open to anyone over 18 years of age. This study includes determining the degree of autistic traits with sex and gender…

Recognizing the need for inclusiveness in the world of sports and people-to-people exchanges, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today that it will bring 14 athletes from Kazakhstan to…

Myth #1 Selective mutism is extremely rare The most recent study showed a prevalence rate for Selective Mutism of 7.1 per 1,000 children (Bergman, 2002). Older surveys ranged from 0.08 %, or 0.8 per 1,000…

Todd Drezner recently directed his first documentary film “Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic,” (available on DVD, queue on Netflix) and he is also the father of Sam, an autistic child. The title of the film refers to…

To some, Autism Awareness Month might mean purchasing puzzle shaped cookies at local restaurants in order to support a cure for autism. For others, it might mean participating in walks, writing letters to legislators, screening…

Man in the Arena :: Citizenship in a Republic Theodore Roosevelt The Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910   “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man…