Sensory does it Hospitals are using a cart full of tricks to calm patients with ASD and allow them to get the care they need. More

Painting with the spectrum "My art is the easiest part of my life. Everything else is the hard part." Read this great interview with Rebecca Ann Reed, an artist with Aspergers. More

Game for it Brad Hennessey made one of the toughest decisions he'd ever had to make. He took the game he'd spent two years of his life on and he trashed it. He wanted to make something different. Something that mattered. He wanted to make a game that reflected his life experience as a young man living with Autism. More

Take a seat for autism A teenager with autism has found a unique way to help others “see the light” when it comes to autism awareness. Tory Ridgeway gave Windy Hill Elementary School in Owings—where he was once a student a special gift: a bright blue bench. But it’s not just any bench. It’s a buddy bench. More

Teachers help Two great resouces for teachers from TES: A podcast by Uta Frith and Gemma Corby tells us her best strategies for teaching students with autism More

A landscape for autism Was Alfred Wainwright the fell walker and author of intricate Lakeland guidebooks on the autism spectrum? More

A class for autism Has socio-economics got anything to do with prevalence of autism diagnoses? Turns out it probably has. More

What's in a name? 'Autistic person' or 'person with autism? Read this interesting article that looks at the pros and cons of these different ways of expressing that a person is on the autism spectrum? More

Life of quality Researchers are finally turning their attention to autistic adults and trying to figure out factors that affect their quality of life. More

Keep getting up Naoki Higashida is the non-verbal author of bestseller The Reason I Jump. In Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8 he explains his behaviours and challenges others’ perceptions. More

Disabled or not Saffron is nine. When she received her diagnosis, her mother Sam did not think what the doctors described sounded like a disability. While Saffron does encounter the difficulties associated with autism, her family encourage her to regard herself simply as not neurotypical, rather than having a disability. More

Thinking different What does the research show regarding cognitive styles of people with high-functioning autism/Asperger syndrome? More

Predicting autism A machine-learning algorithm has analysed brain scans of 6-month-old children and predicted with near-certainty whether they will show signs of autism when they reach the age of 2 More

Take pride A network of school-based groups has been set up by a handful of young adults with autism who wanted to give other kids what they had mostly missed out on over their school years: social connections, self-confidence, acceptance and pride in their autistic condition More

Try Rugby Leo Gradwell Spencer, 11, was bullied at school and struggled with self-confidence until he attended a rugby training camp More

School for me Chosing a school isn't as easy as it sounds - factor in autism and it can be bewildering. Here's a nice article that might help More

Autism -  hard to see in girls "My daughter is not rude. She’s not a brat. She can do a lot for herself. At 9 years old, she’s animated with those she is comfortable with ― but sensory overload in public settings means she’s probably playing “Minecraft” on her iPhone." More

See my ability When 20-year-old Rory Fairfoot was diagnosed with severe autism and learning difficulties, his family were told life would be very difficult for him, and he would not be able to achieve many things... More

Don't go changing me What would a strengths based approach look like? Are there alternatives to strict behavioural techniques?  More

Mum with and for autism It’s only in the past two to three years that many professionals have begun to recognise that the condition is not limited to boys and men. But what’s harder is to be a mother with autism – and harder than that, is to be a mother with autism, of children with autism. More

Autism 'is fun' Josef Schovanec speaks 10 languages, has written a best-selling biography, has two regular radio shows in France and Belgium and a doctorate, and is a sought after international public speaker on autism. Hear about his 'travels in autism. More

Primary needs A new report by the Centre for Research in Autism and Education highlights a worrying lack of confidence among GPs in their ability to deliver primary care to folk on the spectrum. More