In an April 2023 TEDx talk, NCSA president Jill Escher counters the feel-goodism of Autism Awareness Month by highlighting five difficult truths about the rising national autism crisis.
Read moreFeda Almaliti: Locked Out of My Refrigerator and Other True Tales from the Life of a Weary Autism Mom
“Autism can be shockingly expensive. Not just the therapies and schools and housing, but the everyday Tasmanian Devil-like damage for which there is no insurance or help.”
Read moreApril: Autism Awareness or Autism Propaganda?
“Awareness of and advocacy for the realities of autism. We don’t need propaganda. We can educate without being preachy. We can advocate, telling our truths, while being kind to one another.”
Read moreLatest California DDS Data Show Autism Cases Jump to 160,000
Autism caseload in California’s Department of Developmental Services continue to soar, as of the end-of-2022 count.
Read moreCDC: Autism Rates in U.S. Children Continue to Rise — to 2.76%, or 1 in 36
Over 20 years of ADDM surveillance the autism rate has climbed dramatically, more than 4-fold: now 1 in 36, for children born in 2012, compared to 1 in 150 for those born in 1992. Put another way, from .67% to 2.76%.
Read moreProminent Autism Researchers Promote a “Real Life,” Functional Approach to Subgrouping Autism
A new commentary emphasizes the importance of a multidimensional definition of autism severity — including intellectual disability and functional impairment — but stops short of proposing a specific scheme.
Read moreThe I/DD Homes that Micki Built
In her memoir, Mom With A Megaphone, Micki Edelsohn shares the story behind her creation of 25+ homes for adults with I/DD — and sounds an alarm about the future of I/DD housing.
Read moreThe Trials of Job, Autism-Style
With humor and faith, Clay Boatright holds nothing back in his new memoir of severe autism, love and loss.
Read moreNew Book Details Philosophy Behind a Pioneering Program for Adults with Severe Autism
Bittersweet Farms in Ohio has served adults with severe autism since the 1980s, transforming lives of upheaval and isolation to lives of engagement and purpose.
Read more"Love on the Spectrum US": A Pageant of Hope and Heartbreak
Dani on a date with Solomon. Image: Netflix.com
Love on the Spectrum on Netflix is a reality show with a lot of heart, and heartbreak.
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