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Chad Faces 'Obstacles & Opportunities' on World of Jenks

The changes keep on coming for Chad on MTV's World of Jenks episode '... More...

Meeting the Needs of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

By Ann Gibbons, Executive director, National Capital Area chapter

On Friday evening, May 3rd, over 200 women and men gathered for a screening of the movie "Colored My Mind" and panel discussion on... More...

Healthy Eating From Sprouts!

In 2010, Sprouts Farmers Market President and CEO Doug Sanders joined Autism Speaks as the Chairman and Visionary Sponsor of the Arizona Walk Now for Autism Speaks. Since that time Sprouts has doubled their locations and greatly increased their co... More...

Checking in with a Community Grant Recipient

Autism Speaks, through its Family Services Community Grants program, is currently funding a project at the University of Northern Iowa called Imagine the Possibilities: Creating Dramatic Worlds with Young on the Autism Spectrum. This project will ... More...

Honor Yourself on Your Special Day

Denise Bianchi is an employee for Autism Speaks, assisting the Family Services Department for the Northeast Region, as well as the Communications and Marketing Departments. She is the mother of two children, Danielle, 18, and Andrew 13, who ha... More...

'Art Therapy' from Real Look Autism

This video for Real Look Autism.com shows us how a 14 year old boy has really connected with art and art therapy. Conor loves to create elaborate environments and through his art has improved his verbal and motor skills.

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One Dad's Musical Journey Through April

This blog post is by Larry Grogan. He has been writing about music for more than 25 years, first in fanzines, then in newspapers and eventually moved onto the internet in 2000 with a web zine, which evolved into the ... More...

Autism Speaks Water Park of America Community Event

This blog post is by Sadie Miller Senior Coordinator, Field Development

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Brian Patrick: Skating for Autism From Coast to Coast

Check out this guest post about Brian Patrick, the first person to inline skate coast to coast and back!

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Dear Team…

This post is by Luau, who blogs at, 'Run Luau Run.'

I guess I need to do my part in r... More...