The Autism Retort Blog

We're very lucky: we're homeschooling our son with autism. Truth is, we fought the system for five years, and then decided we'd all be better served (and much happier)...

Many parents are not aware that the public school systems offer in-home training for children with autism who may not be generalizing skills they are learning at school to their home.  What I mean by “generalizing” is when a child is capable of performing a task/skill in different settings, at different times of the day, [...]

Tetra Images/Getty Images Nestor L. Lopez-Duran Ph.D. runs a blog called Translating Autism. Here's how he describes his project: I'm the founder of the Translating Research Project, a series of...

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Scientists have found novel patterns of ultrasonic vocalizations in a genetic mouse model of autism, adding a unique element to the available mouse behaviors that capture components of the human disease, and representing a new step towards identifying causes and better treatments.