Autism Awareness Centre Inc. A story that’s grabbing headlines this month is the Telford’s struggles with their adult son who has sever...

Autism  Speaks gives grants to York agencies YorkRegion.com For teenagers and young adults who have been diagnosed with high-funct...

Toni Momberger | Whittier Daily News Dr. Temple Grandin, a highly-accomplished adult with autism, livestock advocate and sought-after l...

A New Study Sparks Debate About Early Diagnosis and Calls for Further Research Into Why Some Improve Jake Exkorn, playing soccer at camp...

The Dandelion Model refers to the value of dandelions as herbs not weeds and similarly disabilities as a potential benefit to the workpla...

In one of the largest-ever studies of genetics and autism, researchers have identified 24 new gene variants associated with autism spectru...

Written by Maureen Bennie  |  Autism Awareness Centre Inc.  The big news this past month was the finalizing of the DSM-V which wi...

NICK PATCH  |  The Canadian Press When Parenthood creator Jason Katims created the character Max Braverman – an intelligent, inscrutab...

Liz Becker I tried taking my autistic son, Matt for professional hair care, but I soon found that there was no such thing as a simple ha...

Liz Becker Navigating autism takes time – lots and lots of time. It took until Matt was almost 5 years old for speech to come, and then...

Brian Field Occupational Therapy, or “OT,” is frequently incorporated into autism therapy regimens to help, among other things, stimulat...

With "Quiet Santa" And "Sensitive Santa," They Get It Visiting Santa at the mall is a big part of the Christ...

Lena Rivkin “Phillip made that!” I proudly exclaimed. Then I instantly wondered who exactly I had become. A friend had come over with he...

Melissa Dubie The process involved in establishing a student’s individualized education program (IEP) can nurture a climate of trust if ...

Kristi Sakai My 8-year-old daughter, Kaede, is warm, friendly, caring, empathetic, has a wonderful sense of humor … and she has Asperger...

Lena Rivkin My friends are great parents because they let their son skip school. Thursday, October 26th, 2012 was a regular old work or...

Written by Maureen Bennie  The Christmas holidays are a time of great excitement and anticipation. Holidays also mean changes in the sch...

Shannon Des Roches Rosa My 12-year-old autistic son Leo was on the black box anti-psychotic medication Risperdal for almost four years. ...

Liz Becker Sensation, whether visual, auditory or tactile, can be difficult for the autistic individual. Overcoming the onslaught, deali...

Jenipher  My 11 year old son, Emmett, is autistic. I love him the way he is. Let me repeat that - I love him the way he is. He struggles...