Jan 6th, 2009 · British journalist Christopher Stevens talks about his new book, Thirty Days Has September: Cool Way to Remember Stuff. Stevens says the book is aimed primarily at children and was based on his experience teaching his autistic son.
Jan 5th, 2009 · Temple Grandin is one of the nation's top designers of livestock facilities — and she happens to be autistic. Her new book is Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals.
Dec 29th, 2008 · Each year, about one child in every 150 is diagnosed with autism. Eleven-year-old Andrew Skillings has Asperger's syndrome, a mild form of autism. Andrew's older sister, Marissa, talks about how she copes with her brother's meltdowns — and how she protects him from the other kids.
Sep 12th, 2008 · "Have you seen my son?" she asks Jennifer Hendrick. "He's the kid who bites or hits your kid at school." But it's not really her fault or the result of bad parenting, she says, it's because of his brain wiring; he's autistic.
Sep 10th, 2008 · Caring for an autistic child presents a specific challenge: how to help the child connect. Single mother Amy Thompson is confronting this with 6-year-old Kollin, who was recently diagnosed with autism.
Sep 8th, 2008 · We meet Amy Thompson, the single parent of four-year-old Kollin, who was recently diagnosed with autism. Amy, who had worked with special needs kids since she was 15, says she wasn't that surprised by the diagnosis. Now a mother, however, she says she feels somewhat overwhelmed.
Jun 18th, 2008 · New York Times staff reporter Alan Schwarz talks about his front-page story, "A Disabled Swimmer's Dream, a Mother's Fight," about an autistic swimmer's dream of entering the Paralympics, the Olympic Games for disabled athletes, which will be held in Beijing this September.
Dec 6th, 2007 · Autism researchers have been hearing reports about the "fever effect" for decades. Parents of autistic children report a sudden improvement in their child's condition when the child has fever. Now a study suggests that phenomenon might be real.