Month: August 2023

This story first appeared in The Outsider, the premium outdoor newsletter by Jason Blevins. In it, he covers the industry from the inside out, plus the fun side of being outdoors in our beautiful state. SUBSCRIBE The hundreds of mountains Bill Shea has climbed with his son are not just a way to burn off…

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Department of Education (DOE) Chancellor David C. Banks, and New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Edward Caban. Today announced a new partnership between the DOE and the Police Academy aimed at working with young people with autism and other developmental disabilities. Experts from the DOE’s Special Education…

Never underestimate how well a more severely autistic adult can take instructions in strength training. Young autistic men should not look like Homer Simpson. I have the so-called high functioning autism. To put another way, it’s Level 1 or minimal support needs. Being a spectrum disorder, though, autism presents amazingly differently from one individual to…

Father figures: About 77 percent of the heritability of social function in rhesus macaques comes from fathers. Wirestock Creators / Adobe Stock In rhesus monkeys, social activity in males appears more strongly linked to a father’s genes than a mother’s, a new study suggests. The findings may reveal clues to sex differences in the heredity…

**Episode Description:** This week, join us as we dive deep with Laurie Cramer, Executive Director of The Autism Society of Greater Akron. From her heartfelt experiences as a parent to an autistic child, to the pivotal changes needed to uplift the autism community, this conversation is both enlightening and inspiring. Learn about the incredible ways…

This is part of Help! Wanted, a special series from Slate advice. In the advising biz, there are certain eternal dilemmas that bedevil letter writers and columnists alike. This week, we’re tackling them head-on. We get a lot of letters from Care and Feeding readers about kids and autism, so we thought that it would be…

ASD Market Week, the nation’s premier consumer goods trade show connecting retailers and vendors across categories that include home goods, apparel, accessories, beauty and more, will once again welcome the Independent Retailer + Sellers Conference produced by Retail Minded. Among the speakers at the upcoming Independent Retailer + Sellers Conference include the following industry leaders:…

Clogged drain: Excess cerebrospinal fluid could signal that the fluid is not circulating well, which may expose a developing brain to harmful waste molecules. In 2009, Mark Shen noticed something odd in the brain scan of a 6-month-old who had an older sibling with autism: excess fluid between the brain and the skull. Shen —…

Credit: Unsplash+ Autism is a brain condition that affects how people think, feel, and interact with others. It’s different for everyone, and understanding it fully is tricky. In the US, about 1 in 36 children are diagnosed with autism. Right now, there’s no straightforward test for it, like a blood test. Instead, specialists observe and…

The Autism Society of North Carolina is pleased to announce that Whitney Sukonick, MA, LPA, BCBA, has been named as the organization’s new Clinical Director, following the retirement of Dr. Aleck Myers. Sukonick has worked at the Autism Society of North Carolina since 2014 and previously served as the director of LifeLong Interventions, our Applied…