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Autism Speaks Launches ‘Light It Up Blue’ Campaign
April is Autism Awareness Month and Autism Speaks, the largest autism advocacy organization in North America, is launching its second annual Light It Up Blue global campaign. The campaign seeks to...
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Do You Know a Family Affected By Autism?
With 1 in every 110 children diagnosed, chances are high that you do. And though today is World Autism Awareness Day, it’s a good time to remember that these families can use our support and...
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10 Best Places to Live for Families with Autistic Kids
An online survey recently conducted by Autism Speaks, the largest autism advocacy organization in the U.S., cites the greater New York area, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Boston,...
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Participate in a National Survey About Autism and Wandering
The Interactive Autism Network, an online project that aims to collect data about autism spectrum disorder (ASD), recently launched the first nationwide survey to study the experience of wandering (or...
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Preliminary Results from Survey on Autism and Wandering
Earlier this month, we urged parents to participate in a survey about autism sponsored by the Interactive Autism Network. The survey aimed to study and understand wandering behavior among children and...
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Participate in a Survey About Autism and Pregnancy
In an ongoing effort to understand autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the Interactive Autism Network is launching another online survey (the Pregnancy and Birth Questionnaire) about the pregnancy and...
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New Study Estimates Higher Autism Rate in South Korea
A new study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry reports that an estimated 1 in 38 children (with a higher number of girls) in South Korea have autism. The research was conducted on 55,266...
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New Bill Proposes Update to the Combating Autism Act
The Combating Autism Reauthorization Act (CARA) was introduced in Congress yesterday as an update to the original Combating Autism Act (CAA) of 2006 which will expire in September 2011. Under the CAA,...
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Tools for Parents Who Worry About Autism
In our October issue, out any day now, we have a special report by Darshak Sanghavi, M.D., called “Understanding Autism.” In it Dr. Sanghavi, a member of the Parents advisory board, explores what is...
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