http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/autism-unexpected/2010/may/30/social-media-and-autism-life-line/#.TxZ0rS-3zHc.facebook
Social media is all the rage these days. Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Digg, StumbleUpon, Kirtsy, blogs, and the myriad of other ways that individuals around the world connect online these days have changed the face of the world.
It's easy to make fun of social media. How many ways do you need to broadcast what you are doing right this second? For parents of children with autism and people with autism themselves, however, social media can be a lifesaving conduit to a social world that is too difficult to interact with IRL—in real life. For people like us, social media is real life.
High functioning person with an autism spectrum disorder: a "tourist" in his native country http://www.autismsupportnetwork.com/news/high-functioning-person-autism-spectrum-disorder-tourist-his-native-country-3899943
Suppose parents describe their son or daughter's problem as very similar to that of a tourist visiting the United States from a foreign country. Upon arrival to the United States, a tourist would find that he does not understand some of the cultural and linguistic aspects of our daily lives. He may not understand the colorful and sometimes questionable slang used by our teenagers. He could be confused, for instance, by slang such as “awesome.” He might want to talk about subjects on which he is very knowledgeable. Unfortunately people may talk about topics he does not understand or about which he does not have a point of reference.
Jake: Math prodigy proud of his autism (movie & script)
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57358845/jake-math-prodigy-proud-of-his-autism/
At age two, Jake Barnett was diagnosed with autism and his future was unclear. Now at age 13, Jake is a college sophomore and a math and science prodigy. Jake says his autism is key to his success.
Gluten Intolerance & Autism – Is There a Connection?
http://www.glutenfreesociety.org/gluten-free-society-blog/gluten-intolerance-autism-is-there-a-connection/
The popularity of the gluten free diet has grown dramatically. More and more parents are turning toward a gluten free diet to help alleviate symptoms of autism and other learning disorders in their children. To a large degree, many in the medical community have ridiculed this, stating that diet and the autistic spectrum have nothing to do with one another. Medical research and anecdotal evidence however shows that thousands of people have had improvement with diet alterations.The Key to Findings in Three Major Autism Genetics Studies
http://www.iancommunity.org/cs/simons_simplex_community/key_genetic_findings
The June 9, 2011 issue of Neuron featured three groundbreaking studies on autism genetics. Findings in all three were only possible thanks to families participating in the Simons Simplex Collection (SSC), a unique autism initiative that has worked with more than 2,700 families that have just one child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
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