Tag: autism
These programs make college possible for students with developmental disabilities
Neil Edwin Duchac II, Kennesaw State University
For students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, opportunities to attend college may...
Astrocyte cells in the fruit fly brain are an on-off switch...
Sarah DeGenova Ackerman, University of Oregon
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
How to conduct job interviews with candidates who have autism
Katherine Breward, University of Winnipeg
The unemployment and underemployment of capable workers with autism is a well-documented phenomenon, as a British study showed.
Employers are gradually...
How accommodating workers with autism benefits employers — and all of...
Katherine Breward, University of Winnipeg
Companies seek a competitive edge by hiring talented people, yet many capable workers are overlooked because they have autism.
People with...
How ‘America’s Got Talent’ contestant Kodi Lee shattered stereotypes about disability
Stan Link, Vanderbilt University
If you haven’t seen Kodi Lee’s May 28 performance on “America’s Got Talent,” it’s worth a watch.
The 22-year-old Lee is blind...
With a limited on-screen presence, autistic characters have emerged in another...
Jonathan Alexander, University of California, Irvine and Rebecca Black, University of California, Irvine
In one Harry Potter fan fiction story, Hermione Granger anxiously awaits the...
Expecting autistic people to ‘fit in’ is cruel and unproductive; value...
Peter Sun San Wong, Southern Cross University
Just 16% of adults with autism are in full-time paid employment, and this situation is not improving. The...
How parents can help autistic children make sense of their world
Allyssa McCabe, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Glenn, a high-functioning seventeen-year-old with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), comes home from school and tells his mother...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
