Good outcomes like this aren’t the norm, but are the exception. Autistic children are often attracted to bodies of water, such as pools and lakes, but that can be a dangerous combination, as one Kansas family learned the hard way on May 18. Mom Alexis was in the bathroom of her apartment in Lawrence, and…
VIDEO: 12-Year-Old and Dad See Commotion Near Swimming Pool, Rush to Save Autistic Toddler Drowning
Remarkable 5-year-old Can Write in Multiple Languages
This “mini Einstein” wows million of people online with his amazing talent. (Video courtesy of Litttle Einstein) …
Autistic Boy Overcomes Social Anxiety and Gives the Best Man Speech
It is a blessing to have this boy as brother. …
9-Year-Old Boy’s Autistic Kid Brother Can’t Talk, So Older Boy Codes a New App to Help Him Explain Himself
Boredom during the pandemic was the impetus for one 9-year-old’s learning how to build a new app—one that could help his nonverbal, autistic brother communicate with the world. Sean Porter from Southport, UK, learned how to code from his dad, Liam, who owns a cleaning business but was left idling during the pandemic and decided to…
Cashier With Autism Meets Veteran Unable to Pay for His Groceries, Steps Up, Says ‘I Got This’
A supermarket cashier in Oxford, Massachusetts, recently garnered media attention for a kind gesture shown to a veteran, who came up short of cash while shopping for groceries. Briar Poirier, 28, who’s worked for Market Basket for the past 8 years, was on checkout duty on the afternoon of Friday, July 23, when he encountered an…
Fighting Autism Brain Inflammation With Food
One food may be able to combat all four purported causal factors of autism: synaptic dysfunction, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and neuroinflammation. Research into this food-based treatment began with efforts to figure out what it is about a fever that has such a dramatic impact on children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Already, up to…
The Fever Effect on Autism Triggers New Views on Treatment
Autism currently affects about one in 68 kids in the United States. There are no drugs to treat the core symptoms, never mind the underlying disorder itself—and the disorder appears to be on the rise. But what can we do about it? Decades ago, a clue was published. A study called Fever in Autistics was published in Nature…
Autistic Boy Draws Detailed Cityscapes From Memory After Just One Look: ‘It’s His Passion’
A talented 11-year-old boy with autism is producing a series of intricate drawings of cityscapes, all from his memory. His astounding reproductions include London, Paris, New York, and many other cities, in the most perfect perspective. Alex Baker has been drawing since the age of 2. His mother, Laura Jackson, soon noticed his talent for reproductions….
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