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Autism News from Science Daily

• Evidence dyslexia affects children’s visual processing beyond just reading
• Gut microbiota differences seen in people with autism may be due to dietary preferences
• Flame retardants linked to autistic-like behavior, research finds
• Call-and-response circuit tells neurons when to grow synapses
• Links to genetic disorders in walking patterns

The Autism Site

• Boy with ASD Who Used to Dislike Christmas Now Helps Get Gifts for Other Kids with Sensory Needs
• Thanks For Making GivingTuesday A Huge Success!
• Kids With Special Needs Enjoy Quiet Time With ‘Sensory Santa’
• Man Creates Custom Bikes For Kids With Special Needs & Gifts Them For Free
• Parents “Terrified” After Bus Driver Abandoned Their Son with Autism and He Went Missing for an Hour

Autism Parenting

• Preparing for the Holidays
• Can a Child with Autism Be Denied SSI Benefits?
• An Autistic Teen Girl’s Tips on How To Make and Maintain Friends
• Is Acupuncture Effective for Autism?
• Finding the Right ASD Therapist or Psychologist

Age of Autism

• The Ghost of Special Education Future
• The Electric Kool Aid Autism Test
• Thankful Tuesday
• Fauci Is Pure As the Newfangled Snow
• Robert Kennedy Jr Explains the Old American Fauci in The New American Interview

Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism

• UC Davis Neurodiversity Summit 2021: Debate on the Neurodiversity Movement, with Shannon Rosa and Matthew Belmonte
• Spectrum 10K and Cognitive Dissonance in Autism Research
• About That Study on "Preventing" Autism Diagnoses, and How Autism Researchers Can Do Better
• Jordyn Zimmerman on This Is Not About Me, a Remarkable New Film
• Little Victories: Publishers Need to Stop Framing Resenting Autistic Children as "Love"

The Art of Autism

• Inspired Artwork: The Birthing of the Canadian Phoenix
• Award Winning Film My Left Foot (1989) Worthy of a Rewatch
• Why Uncertainty Makes me Anxious
• How not to make this Thanksgiving a #Turkeyacolypse
• Walking at Night

Autuism Resources and Community

• How One Mom, One Dad and One Non-Verbal Child with Autism All Connected by Publishing a Book
• Supporting Play in Early Childhood: Specific Strategies for Children with Autism
• How Can I Support Students with Autism in my Classroom?
• Understanding the Differences Between Receptive and Expressive Languages: Teaching Children with Autism
• How to Help ASD Students who have SENSORY Processing Disorder

Autism Eye

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Autism on Reddit

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• Grey Thinking
• What exactly is masking?
• Anyone else gets random bursts of energy and just start jumping around and running all happy?
• "Correct" and "incorrect" food shapes! I saw this on Facebook and related so much about the "wrong" food shape. How many of us also share this?

The Autism Dad

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Andrew W. Merced

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Trailblazing Autism

• Let’s Move Forward: Nobody Left Behind
• Autism Acceptance Month
• Navigating the Uncertainty of the Pandemic as a Young Adult on the Autism Spectrum
• As 2020 Comes to an End, 2021 Just Holds So Much to Look Forward to
• Coronavirus At-Home Activities for Children with Autism

Autism Soceity

• November 2021 Toolkit
• October 2021 Toolkit
• Passing of the Autism Society’s Co-Founder and First Elected President Ruth Sullivan
• September 2021 Toolkit
• August 2021 Toolkit

Go Team Kate

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Sustainable Spoons

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Speaking of Autism

• Think Before you Post – Autistic people deserve consent and privacy too
• Body in Motion
• I’m Back!
• Schools are Failing Autistic Students – Here’s a big reason why
• The Problem with “Mental Age”

Autisable

• I Can’t Call My Child Autistic if I Don’t Even Know What it Means
• How To Choose The Best Gifts For Your Loved Ones
• Speaking in front of others
• Surprising Behavioral Characteristics of an Unknown Hearing Loss
• Spectrum Transition Coaching Holiday Gift Guide

Autistic Hoya

• Reconnecting Disability and Asexuality (repost)
• Gendervague: At the Intersection of Autistic and Trans Experiences (repost)
• What I do know about COVID-19
• Bad types of sex ed and sexual violence prevention about developmentally disabled people
• The neurodiversity movements needs its shoes off, and fists up.

Irbana Autism Services

• $5 Tickets! Irabina’s 2021 End of Year Raffle
• School Holiday Programs 2022
• School Readiness Program – January 2022
• Halloween Dress Up Day 2021
• Early Days Free Workshops

Teaching Autism

• Christmas Crime Scene for the Classroom
• Gingerbread Man Crime Scene for the Classroom
• Halloween Classroom Crime Scene
• Humpty Dumpty Crime Scene for Special Education
• Back to School Crime Scene for Special Education

Best Practice Autism

• Triggers for Anxiety in Children with Autism
• Autism and Co-Occurring Conditions
• Autism: Parent Acceptance and Empowerment
• Autistic Girls, Boys Differ in Social Communication
• Co-Occurring ADHD in Autistic Children

Embrace ASD

• Autism is not a defense mechanism
• Positives of autism series
• The bright side of being autistic
• What we experience is not who we are
• Seeing autism in a positive light