Autism Awareness
Autism: Pool and Water Safety Tips
Roseville, Calif. - Summer temps are rising and water play is a great way to cool off. As the country warms up, families begin spending more time outdoors as backyard and community swimming pools
Autism inspires Roseville student toward career path
Roseville, Calif.- As I feel the sunshine peer in my window, I open my eyes to see a plate of two cinnamon rolls sitting on my bedside table. This is how I woke up almost every morning during the summer of 2017.
MIND Institute program trains future leaders in care of Autism, ADHD, Fragile X and more
Include self-advocates, family members, community leaders, researchers and clinicians Sacramento, Calif. - Are you passionate about improving the lives of...
Be a Friend This Holiday Season
Outreach could jumpstart a lifelong friendship Roseville, Calif.- With Christmas, and other year-end holidays approaching, I'm going to put...
New approach may expand access to Autism Treatment Studies
MIND Institute telehealth study shows promise Sacramento, Calif. - New research from the UC Davis MIND Institute suggests that parent-led...
College Program for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
Inclusive, four-year Redwood SEED Scholars first-of-its kind in California SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Applications are now being accepted for a groundbreaking...
Every Student Matters: RUSD’s Focus on Equity, Inclusivity and Understanding
A Touch of Understanding plays critical role in local schools Rocklin, CA_- There are quite a few things that the...
Autism Early Intervention Can Have Profound Results
Improves Language, IQ, and Social Skills Breakthrough research demonstrating that children with autism as young as 18 months can vastly...
Autism Predictor: Increased Cerebrospinal Fluid?
Third Study Confirms: Increased Cerebrospinal Fluid Can Predict Autism (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - Researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute and...
Going Strong at 20: Mind Institute Hits Milestone
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - Twenty years ago a small group of frustrated but determined Sacramento-area parents of children with autism decided it was time to fill a glaring hole in medical research
School Strategies for Children with ADHD and ASD
(Sacramento, Calif.) - On Wednesday, Jan. 24, the UC Davis MIND Institute and its Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities will host "School strategies for children with ADHD and ASD
UC Davis MIND Institute awarded Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) grant
The UC Davis MIND Institute has been awarded a 5-year, $12 million Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) grant, one of five in the nation
Autism: Mom Fighting Tooth and Nail
Sandra Domenech became aware of this column through a friend who read it in a Florida weekly. She said she and her 13-year-old son with ASD recently moved out of Florida
Mom and Son with Disabilities
Mary Anne Fleury of Elizabeth, Colorado, has experienced disability from nearly every angle.
Autism: Tips to Navigate Party Meltdowns and Travel
Roseville, CA - The coming holiday season is a joyful time of year that brings together families and friends. However, it can also be quite stressful
Father and Son Navigate Autism
"Jason" became personally acquainted with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) when his child, "Tommy," was diagnosed at 4. Jason, which wasn't his real name
Early Intervention for Autism Shows Dramatic Results
Parent-implemented intervention for symptomatic infants Sacramento, Calif.- Treatment at the earliest age when symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)...
People with Autism Especially Vulnerable
Perhaps like you, recently I read of an incident in Okeechobee, Florida, in which an 18-year-old man was recorded on video beating, choking, kicking, and holding a knife to the throat of a 16-year-old boy with autism.
Teen Helps Others with Autism
Rather than be interviewed over the telephone for this column, 17-year-old Meghan Rodo of Reisterstown, Maryland, chose email.
Coping with Autism
Seldom do I interview people via email instead of over telephone or in person, but Joseph D. Smith of Glasgow, Kentucky, has a sound reason asking for email. He has a high-functioning form of autism.
Advocating for People with Autism
Not long ago, my 18-year-old daughter had surgery at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare in St. Paul, Minnesota, the nation's oldest hospital for children with disabilities
Students with Autism Receive Technical Training
Joe and Kim Benko have given up their lives to help their son with Asperger's syndrome mature as a person and become more productive at work.
One Twin with Autism, the Other Without
Nathan and Daniel are 20-year-old twins. Nathan has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Daniel does not.
Boys with Autism Joy to Raise
Every year, the Vance family attends a five-day Joni and Friends Family Retreat for families affected by disability. This...
Couple raised four children with disabilities
At one time, doctors said the Mohns of Fargo, North Dakota, would be unable to have children. But eventually,...
Accepting People with Disabilities
In August, my family and I will spend five days at a Joni and Friends Family Retreat in the...
Person with Autism Starts Business
I hear dogs love them. David Shunkey of Albuquerque, New Mexico, makes Peanut Butter Puppy Bites, which are crisp canine...
Autism Sibling
To shield her identity given her current occupation, 25-year-old "Stephanie" preferred using a pseudonym for this column. In the mid-'90s, a doctor diagnosed her then 4-year-old brother "Kenny" with autism.
Autism and Cam Ward
A National Institutes of Health website states that autism spectrum disorder causes "severe and pervasive impairment in thinking, feeling,...
Deborah Lofink and Autism
Only weeks ago I wrote a column about a dedicated woman raising her child with autism. Due to a healthy response to that column, here is another about autism, yet with a twist.