Autism & everyday life
Is autism a part of your life? What are the signs of autism? Find advice, tips, research results and information about an autistic diagnosis here -- plus learn what you can do to help your child and to simply cope on an everyday basis.
Practical tips for parenting a child with autism
- When autism is family: What's it like living with a child with autism?
- Keeping your autistic child safe: Practical, everyday tips for parents
- Taking your autistic child to a restaurant: Tips on dining out
- Traveling tips for families with an autistic child
Autism and the family
- Tips for talking to family about your child's autism diagnosis
- The upside of autism: Joyful reflections from parents of autistic kids
- 12 tips for the family to soothe the stress of autism
- Estate planning for parents of special-needs kids
- Special needs kids and well siblings
- Living with Asperger's Syndrome: A sister's story
Helping your autistic child: Health
- Your child has autism. Now what?
- Autism therapies: What educational and medical interventions are available?
- Button down healthy sleep habits for special needs kids
- Special diets for special kids: Autism and casein- & gluten-free diets
Helping your autistic child: Learning
- Autism therapies: What educational and medical interventions are available?
- Book 'em: It's still important to read to kids with special needs
- Button down healthy sleep habits for special needs kids
- Autistic kids benefit from dads' involvement
- Your child has autism. Now what?
- Ideas on autism: Building sensory communication with your child
- Top learning toys for special-needs kids & toddlers
Autistic signs, symptoms & special talents
- Autism signs & symptoms, qualities & quirks
- Autism: the official definition (DSM IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria)
- Is your preschooler on the autistic spectrum?
- Are more kids said to be autistic just because interpretations have changed?
- Delayed speech in three year old is a problem
- Key to early diagnosis of autism may be in the placenta
- Early diagnosis of autism
- Could a big head mean autism?
- Specific behaviors seen in infants can predict autism
- Are headbanging toddlers at risk for autism or other disorders?
- Just can't face it: Why kids with autism may avoid eye contact
- Autistics recall letters of the alphabet in brain areas dealing with shapes
- Autistic children show outstanding musical skills
Possible causes: Genetics
- Autism's genetic similarities
- New findings help pinpoint autism's genetic roots
- Multiple genetic 'flavors' may explain autism
- Scientists pinpoint region of autism gene on chromosome 17
Related special needs & disorders
- Sensory disorder: When play isn't fun
- Auditory processing disorder in children: What does it mean?
- About aphasia - When words don't come easy
- Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) information
Autism research
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Brain regions do not communicate efficiently in adults with autism
- Older fathers more likely to have autistic children
- Autistic children show outstanding musical skills
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Autism explained: What's sex got to do with it? From Psychology Today
More about autism
- Promote autism awareness with these goodies, gifts & garb
- Media coverage of autism differs dramatically
- Kids with special needs: Dealing with teasing
You're not alone!
