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FTD Offers 15% Off and Donates 10%

Date Posted: March 27, 2013

Receive 15% off your FTD order! In addition, FTD is donating an extra 10% from every purchase through this special site to Autism Speak

Corporate Partners, FTD, Light It Up Blue, promotion

Autism Speaks ATN Requests Applications from Hospitals and Academic Medical Centers

Date Posted: March 25, 2013

Funding will expand access to Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network care model through partnerships with community providers

ASD, Asperger Syndrome, ATN, autism, autism and associated medical conditions, Autism Speaks, autism spectrum disorder, autism treatment, Autism Treatment Network, PDD-NOS

Federal Panel Urges National Standard for Autism Coverage

Date Posted: March 25, 2013

Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee urges Secretary of Health to establish national standard for autism health insurance coverage

Affordable Access to Care Act, autism, autism and insurance coverage, Autism Speaks, Autism Spectrum, federal minimum standards for autism coverage, Geraldine Dawson, Geri Dawson, Health and Human Services, IACC, Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, Sebelius

Royal Park Bridge Kicks Off Light It Up Blue!

Date Posted: March 24, 2013

The Royal Park Bridge – a structure which joins Palm Beach and West Palm Beach, Florida – lit up in blue during a ceremony with Autism

Light It Up Blue

What Does '1 in 50' Mean for our Community

Date Posted: March 22, 2013

A Letter from Autism Speaks President Liz Feld

1 in 50, ASD, Asperger Syndrome, autism, autism prevalence, Autism Speaks, autism spectrum disorder, Liz Feld, PDD-NOS

Autism Speaks Awards More Than $500,000 in New Research Grants

Date Posted: March 21, 2013

Ground-breaking projects include Trailblazer study on autoimmunity and autism and seven career-launching Weatherstone fellowships

Abigail Hogan-Brown, Alison Singer, ASD, Asperger Syndrome, autism, autism research, autism research grants, autism spectrum disorder, AutismSpeaks, Avery Voos, Eyal Ben-David, Geri Dawson, Helen Wong, Jae-Yoon Jung, Jonathan Weiss, Lauren Bishop-Fitzpatrick, Madeleine Cunningham, PDD-NOS, Whitney Guthrie

National Survey Pegs Autism Prevalence at 1 in 50 School-age Children

Date Posted: March 20, 2013

Government health survey of families bolsters research indicating that many affected children go uncounted and without services

1 in 50, Asperger Syndrome, autism, autism prevalence, Autism Speaks, Autism Spectrum, CDC, Michael Rosanoff, PDD-NOS

Delayed Gaze Shifting an Early Marker for Autism

Date Posted: March 20, 2013

Differences in brain circuitry may cause slower shifting of attention between objects in babies who are at high risk for autism

American Journal of Psychiatry, Autism Speaks, Autism Spectrum, autism symptoms, California Institute of Technology, early diagnosis, Geraldine Dawson, Geri Dawson, IBIS, Infant Brain Imaging Study, Jed Elison, Joseph Piven, Science News, University of North Carolina