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Autism Speaks urges adapted hospital policies to allow support providers for autistic and disabled people… guardians or support providers.  Autism Speaks applauds the 14 states * that have issued direct guidance to hospitals to grant exceptions to visitor restrictions for people with disabilities, allowing them a guardian or support person at their …

New research shows sexual minority autistic adults experience poorer mental health and quality of life… A recent study, published in Autism in Adulthood and supported by an Autism Speaks postdoctoral fellowship grant , examined the mental health and quality of life of sexual minority autistic adults. In the study, the term "sexual …

Speech Devices Can Help Build Language in Schoolchildren with Autism… Angeles; Vanderbilt University, Nashville; and the Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore. It was supported by  a research grant from Autism Speaks Sixty children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) participated in the study. They ranged in age …

Autism Speaks and Royal Arch Masons award $180,000 of funding to researchers studying auditory processing disorder… Autism Speaks, with the support of a Royal Arch Research Assistance grant, is funding three pilot research projects to advance the study of central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) in … quality of life for autistic children with CAPD.” Each pilot study receives $60,000 of funding for one year.  Meet our grantees: Emily Knight, M.D./Ph.D. University of Rochester             Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often …

Autism Speaks and Royal Arch Masons fund research on auditory processing disorder … Autism Speaks, with the support of a Royal Arch Research Assistance grant, is funding a pilot study and a research fellowship to address sound-processing difficulties among people with autism …

Study finds sensory integration therapy benefits children with autism… online in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders . The study was funded by an Autism Speaks treatment research grant . Autism’s symptoms often include difficulty processing sensory information such as textures, sounds, smells, tastes, …

Gnome Surf: creating a wave of inclusivity and kindness for autism families … friendships.    Thanks in large part to corporate sponsors, individual donors and grants, such as the Norma and Malcolm Baker Recreation Grant funded by Autism Speaks,  Gnome Surf  is able to provide individual surf therapy sessions as well as free weekly camps …

Small study finds B12 injections ease autism symptoms in some children… Some earlier research has suggested that the process is impaired in some people with autism . The new study, supported by a grant from Autism Speaks , appears online in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology . It is the first …

Blue Man Group Celebrates World Autism Month… in New York, Boston, Chicago and Orlando will be discounted, and $5 from each ticket will be donated to Autism Speaks. The Grant a Gift Autism Foundation is partnering with Blue Man Group for the sensory-friendly performance in Las Vegas. For the …

Coffee shop serves up employment opportunities for autistic young adults… I was introduced to Fran Hines, a trustee of Belmar First Aid Squad. He and a few other trustees had the opportunity to grant money to local charities and nonprofits in the area. Thankfully, they chose the Kindness Cafe!”  Now in its second …