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Top 5 Reasons to Buy a Craver Candle!

Anyone who craves the unforgettable flavor of White Castle’s Original Slider® remembers the mouth-watering aroma. Now, White Castle is offering its unique Original Slider-scented candle on houseofcrave.c... More...

Hackathon Challenges Developers with YOUR App Ideas

We teamed up with AT&T to crowdsource the most empowering and helpful app ideas from the people who know autism best: you, the autism community. With the votes counted and 12 winning app ideas selected, we’re now challengin... More...

Autism Prevalence: Can It Be 1 in 50?

This blog post is by John Elder Robison and was originally posted on Psychology Today.

One of the first presentations at today’s IACC meeting explained the recent NCHS survey that... More...

Sprouts Farmers Market Campaign Benefits Local Communities

This post is by Raechell Brown, a Corporate Development Coordinator.

Arizona-based Sprouts Farmers Market raised a record-setting $351,000 during their two-week Autism Speaks Puzzle Piece campaign, designed to raise awareness and f... More...

'World of Jenks' Tackles 'Twists and Turns' Tonight

“I want to work with normal people. I don’t want to be with people with disabilities. I just want to be me and pretend I’m normal and stuff.” -Chad

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Kerry's Korner #35: ShopRite Goes Blue For April!

In this episode, I feature Shop Rite Village Supermarkets who are teaming up with Autism Speaks again this year to help with our Light It Up Blue Initiative! From March 26th through April 13th, select Village Supermarkets will be running several c... More...

A Poem Called "Light It Up Blue"

Annivar Salgado, a volunteer for Autism Speaks wrote a poem he wanted to share called "Light It Up Blue" to spread the message of autism awareness for April.

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PIECE by PIECE

This post is by Ana Arroyo, a Scentsy Consultant. She says, 'Autism has affected my life, in my son, my grandson and niece. If you know someone or have someone in your family with Autism, why not give to the cause and receive th... More...

The Story of Luke

This blog post is by Leslie Long, Director of Housing and Adults Services. She reviewed the award winning The Story of Luke, a comedy starring Lou Taylor Pucci, Seth Green, Cary Elwes and Kristin Bauer about a young man with autism... More...

New Directions for Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network

Posted by Clara Lajonchere, PhD, Autism Speaks vice presi... More...