Autism

Back-to-school anxiety when your kid has special needs

Back-to-school anxiety when your kid has special needs

"I feel like I'm tossing him to shark-infested, under-funded waters with children who can't possibly understand why he sees and feels things differently."

Charlotte Dobo

Boy with autism gives cards to strangers to explain his disability

Boy with autism gives cards to strangers to explain his disability

"I can understand why parents would want to preemptively explain away their child’s disabilities..."

Anchel Krishna

10 tips for helping children with autism

10 tips for helping children with autism

Here are ten meaningful ways you can make a difference for someone living with autism.

Martha Herbert with Karen Weintraub

Our autism story: The tough decision we made

Our autism story: The tough decision we made

The LaBarbera hockey couple made the hard choice to live apart to help their son with autism get the best possible care.

Kodette LaBarbera

8 ways you can Light It Up Blue

8 ways you can Light It Up Blue

Participate in World Autism Day with these fun ways to Light It Up Blue.

Alyssa Ashton

Autism awareness: How one mom became an advocate

Autism awareness: How one mom became an advocate

Anchel Krishna talks with Brianne Buckman-Kalechstein about becoming an advocate for autism acceptance after her son was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.

Anchel Krishna

Odin's birthday: Did it make a difference?

Odin's birthday: Did it make a difference?

Now that the hoopla surrounding Odin's birthday party has quieted down, Emma Waverman wonders if life will really change for the 13-year-old.

Emma Waverman

Cineplex launches autism-friendly movie screenings

Cineplex launches autism-friendly movie screenings

Cineplex launches sensory-friendly screenings for people with autism.

TP staff

Babies treated early for symptoms of autism show no signs by age 2: Study

Babies treated early for symptoms of autism show no signs by age 2: Study

A recent study has found early symptoms of autism can be treated in babies and greatly reduced by age two or three.

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

Autism: How PETA got it all wrong

Autism: How PETA got it all wrong

One mom is upset with PETA's Got Autism? ad campaign.

Julie Cole

Toni Braxton believed bad karma gave her son autism

Toni Braxton believed bad karma gave her son autism

Singer Toni Braxton believed that her son’s autism was God’s payback for an abortion.

Emma Waverman

Tips for parents of kids with autism

Tips for parents of kids with autism

In honour of World Autism Awareness Day, Amy Baskin shares her tips for parents of kids with ASD.

Amy Baskin

17 books about autism

17 books about autism

In honour of World Autism Awareness Day, we've compiled a list of books that talk about being on the spectrum.

Emily Rivas

Autism and schizophrenia linked to father's age (Updated)

Autism and schizophrenia linked to father's age (Updated)

Why you shouldn't wait: Autism and schizophrenia have been linked to father's age.

Ariel Brewster

Restaurant manager responds to child with autism

Restaurant manager responds to child with autism

In honour of Random Acts of Kindness Week, Anchel Krishna responds to the recent buzz about a restaurant manager’s response to a little girl with autism.

Anchel Krishna

Autism, music and a mother's dream

Autism, music and a mother's dream

Brenda Kosky Deskin, the founder and editor of Autism Beacon, shares how music brought her closer to her teenage son.

Brenda Kosky Deskin

Is this the end of Asperger's?

Is this the end of Asperger's?

New diagnostic changes put Asperger’s syndrome under the broader umbrella of autism spectrum disorder. Will this hide the “invisible disability” altogether?

Julie M. Green

Autism: DIR/Floortime

Autism: DIR/Floortime

Learn more about DIR/Floortime: A therapy used to help treat autism by tailoring to each child's individual needs.

John Hoffman

Autism: 3 tips for building more interaction at home

Autism: 3 tips for building more interaction at home

Interacting with a child with autism is sometime difficult. Here's how to develop more two-way interaction in the comfort of your own home.

John Hoffman

Autism: How to help your child reach out socially and emotionally

Autism: How to help your child reach out socially and emotionally

Canadian autism researchers have discovered a way to help children with autism reach out. Here’s more about DIR/Floortime therapy.

John Hoffman

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