autism

How Can We Help Our Daughter Transition to College?

“How can we help our daughter, who has autsm, transition to college? In high school, she’s in a special classroom and receives 20 hours of additional help per week.”

 

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Parents of Children with Autism: You Are Not Alone

Katie Wright is the mother of 9-year-old Mattias and 11-year-old Christian. Christian has autism. Katie’s parents, Bob and Suzanne Wright, founded Autism Speaks in 2005, and it has since grown into the world’s leading autism scienc... More...

Important Recent Advances in Autism Research

Geraldine Dawson works with the scientific community, stakeholders and scie... More...

Challenges Teenagers with Autism Face Transitioning to Adulthood

Lisa Goring is the Vice President of family services at Autism Speaks. In that role she helps families and individuals impacted by autism to make informed decisions that maximize ... More...

Five Things to Do While Waiting for an Autism Evaluation

We have to wait two months for our child’s diagnostic evaluation. How can we prepare? 

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Katie Couric Talks Autism

Katie Couric is an award-winning journalist and TV personality, well-known cancer advocate, and 'New York Times' best-selling author of 'The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons From Extraordinary Lives.'... More...

'It's Not Goodbye...' on MTV's World Of Jenks

Last night was the season finale of MTV's World of Jenks, and we have to admit... we weren't ready for it to end! But, ... More...

An Afternoon with Temple Grandin

This blog post is by Ali Dyer, the Social Marketing Manager at Autism Speaks. 

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A Life-Long Dream Fulfilled

This post is written by Aaron Likens from St. Louis, Mo. Likens is the author of “Finding Kansas: Decoding the Enigma of Asperger’s Syndrome.” To find out more, check out his blog ... More...

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