I just posted on my other blog today about my 5-year-old boy playing with Barbies. I wanted to mention it here, specifically because I'm interested in seeing if our experience is similar to what other parents are seeing. I've noticed that my son...

I'd like to publicly give a shout out to Alltop and thank them for including Autism is Beautiful in their new page, autism.alltop.com. Yay! Share This

And now we're finding out why! This article in The Denver Post details a Harvard study in which researchers found half a dozen new genes involved in autism, suggesting that autism occurs because the brain is unable to form new connections. This is...

I know some of my readership includes parents of twins who are on the autism spectrum - those of you who fall into this category, please consider completing a confidential NOMOTC survey about Autism Spectrum Disorders in Multiples. Share This

I don't listen to talk radio at all, so I'd never heard of Michael Savage until this morning. But, he's got my attention now! On his radio program, he called autism, the "illness du jour" and said autism was a fraud and a racket. "I'll tell you what...