Autism resources

Curated articles, guides, and tools for autism families, educators, and providers.

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  • Caregiver Burnout: How to Notice It, How to Treat It, and How to Stop It Coming Back — Caregiver burnout in autism families is real, common, and often unaddressed for years. A practical guide to recognizing…
  • Photobiomodulation (Light-Based Therapy) for Autism: What Families Should Know — A balanced guide to the early research, safety questions, and limits of photobiomodulation for individuals on the autis…
  • How Autism Funding Works in Alberta: FSCD, PUF, and Adult Supports — A plain-language guide for Alberta families on FSCD, PUF, and PDD — what support exists, who qualifies, and how to appl…
  • B.C. Autism Funding and the 2027 Disability Benefit: What Families Need to Know — A practical guide for families in British Columbia on the current Autism Funding Program, the 2027 transition, and the…
  • The Scope of Practice of Applied Behavior Analysis in State Licensure Laws. — A U.S. regulatory review of how state licensure laws define ABA scope of practice; requirements vary by jurisdiction an…
  • Affirming Neurodiversity within Applied Behavior Analysis. — A professional discussion of how ABA practice can engage with neurodiversity-affirming principles, without treating tho…
  • A Discussion of Positive Behavior Support and Applied Behavior Analysis in the Context of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the UK and Ireland. — A UK-and-Ireland discussion of positive behavior support and ABA in autism, emphasizing ethics, individualized goals, a…
  • The Evolution of the Conceptually Systematic Dimension and Its Current Functions in Applied Behavior Analysis. — A research-methods article on the “conceptually systematic” dimension of ABA; it is not evidence that a particular trea…
  • Research Review: Conceptualizing and measuring 'problem behavior' in early intervention autism research - a project AIM secondary systematic review. — A systematic review examining how early-intervention autism research defines and measures “problem behavior,” emphasizi…
  • Annual Research Review: Early intervention viewed through the lens of developmental neuroscience. — An annual research review of early intervention through developmental neuroscience, offering a research framework rathe…
  • Early Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder: What the Pediatricians Should Know. — A pediatric-focused review of early autism diagnosis, explaining why developmental concerns merit individualized profes…
  • Research Review: Conflicts of Interest (COIs) in autism early intervention research - a meta-analysis of COI influences on intervention effects. — A meta-analysis examining whether reported conflicts of interest were associated with effects reported in autism early-…
  • Early Intervention and AAC: What a Difference 30 Years Makes. — A dated review of early intervention and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), emphasizing individualized c…
  • A review of evidence-based early intervention for behavioural problems in children with autism spectrum disorder: the core components of effective programs, child-focused interventions and comprehensive treatment models. — A 2014 review of behavioral-support programs for autistic children; it is dated and does not establish one best model f…
  • Autism spectrum disorders in infancy and toddlerhood: a review of the evidence on early signs, early identification tools, and early diagnosis. — A 2009 evidence review of early autism signs and identification tools in infancy and toddlerhood; it is dated and not d…
  • How to De-Escalate an Autistic Meltdown — A practical Child Mind Institute explainer on supporting an autistic person during escalating distress, with safety and…
  • Speech and language therapy assessment based on applied behavior analysis: a scoping review. — A scoping review of ABA-based language-assessment tools in speech-language therapy, finding limited evidence and reinfo…
  • A systematic review of social-validity assessments in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis: 2010-2020. — A systematic review of how social validity was assessed in ABA research, highlighting the need to assess goals, procedu…
  • The Challenges Ahead: Concepts, Analytics, and Ethics of Value-Based Care in Applied Behavior Analysis. — A U.S.-focused health-policy commentary on value-based care in autism services, including possible benefits, risks, and…
  • Life beyond diagnosis: The psychosocial experiences of individuals with a sibling with autism: A qualitative study. — A qualitative study of siblings’ varied experiences in families that include an autistic child, conducted in Eastern an…
  • Causal diagrams for research about childhood-onset disabilities. — A research-methods review explaining causal diagrams for childhood-onset disability studies; it is not family clinical…
  • Autism spectrum disorder in China: Clinical practices, challenges, and future. — A China-specific health-system analysis of autism screening, identification, intervention pathways, and regional workfo…
  • Prevalence, Expression, Assessment, Mechanisms, and Management of Pain in Autistic Children: A Scoping Review. — A systematic review of pain research in autistic children, finding major gaps in assessment and treatment evidence.
  • Communication Strategies to Support Self-Advocacy in Transgender Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Literature Review. — A literature review on communication and self-advocacy supports for transgender autistic youth, with individualized, af…
  • Inquiry and innovation: Considering curiosity and creativity in autism. — A conceptual review that challenges deficit assumptions about curiosity and creativity in autism and proposes direction…
  • Autism in Viet Nam: A systematic scoping review. — A scoping review mapping autism research, services, and support themes in Viet Nam; it does not test interventions or e…
  • Pivotal response treatment and applied behavior analysis interventions for autism spectrum disorder delivered by human vs robotic agents: a systematic review of literature. — A systematic review of robot-assisted and human-delivered autism interventions, with promising but limited and heteroge…
  • Ins and Outs of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Intervention in Promoting Social Communicative Abilities and Theory of Mind in Children and Adolescents with ASD: A Systematic Review. — A meta-analysis of ABA-based and naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions for communication, adaptive, and c…
  • Systematic Review: The Psychosocial Impacts of Autism-Related Genetic Testing. — A systematic review of the varied psychosocial impacts of autism-related genetic testing, emphasizing informed consent,…
  • Understanding health services and puberty for autistic adolescents and those with disability: A scoping review to inform occupational therapy practice. — A scoping review of puberty-related health services and support for autistic adolescents and other disabled young peopl…
  • Current options for the treatment of anxiety in adults with autism spectrum disorder. — An expert clinical review of anxiety care in autistic adults, emphasizing autism-adapted assessment and individualized…
  • Clinical concerns and considerations for leucovorin use in autism spectrum disorder. — A clinical review of folinic acid (leucovorin) in autism that stresses mixed evidence, potential harms, and prescriber…
  • The impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy on individuals with autism spectrum disorder and their caregivers: A systematic review. — A systematic review of mindfulness-based stress reduction studies in autistic people and caregivers, with small and het…
  • Empowering caregivers of individuals with autism spectrum disorder through sensor-based monitoring of emotional dysregulation: A scoping review. — A scoping review of sensor-based monitoring research for emotional dysregulation, highlighting major gaps in validation…
  • Systematic review of measures and interventions for caregiver adjustment to child autism diagnosis. — A systematic review of measures and interventions related to caregiver adjustment after a child’s autism diagnosis.
  • Review and Developmental Model: Early Childhood Emotion Regulation and Co-Regulation in Autism. — A narrative review and proposed model of emotion regulation and co-regulation in autistic children under six.
  • Bloomberg: What Adults Get Wrong About Girls and Autism — A media/opinion-linked Child Mind Institute resource on autism in girls and why some presentations may be overlooked.
  • What Is AuDHD? — A Child Mind Institute explainer on “AuDHD,” an informal community term often used for co-occurring autism and ADHD.
  • ASAN speaks out against the Supreme Court’s attack on the Voting Rights Act — A dated ASAN advocacy statement responding to a 2026 Supreme Court voting-rights decision and its potential disability-…
  • Reasons You Didn’t Realize You’re Autistic — A first-person commentary on reasons some people recognize autistic traits later in life, including masking and social…
  • ASAN Alarmed by IACC Process Without Public Input — A dated ASAN advocacy response to concerns about public input and accessibility in the April 2026 IACC process.
  • What RFK Jr. said to Congress shows he doesn’t understand disability policy — An ASAN policy commentary responding to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s congressional remarks about disability and public polic…
  • Safe Foods are Access, not Failure — A personal commentary on sensory predictability, food access, and “safe foods,” with related disability-policy concerns.
  • IACC must do better for autistic people — A dated ASAN advocacy statement calling for improved accessibility, notice, and autistic representation in the IACC pro…
  • ASAN Statement on Padilla Bill Introduction — A dated ASAN statement supporting the introduction of federal voting-rights legislation concerning absentee and mail vo…
  • April IACC Comments – 2026 — ASAN’s April 2026 public-comment submission on accessibility, representation, and evidence-based ethics at the Interage…
  • ASAN Joins Allies in Urging the Administration to Protect the Department of Education — A dated coalition advocacy letter urging continued federal education-department functions that support disabled student…
  • The Truth About Autism — An Autistic Self Advocacy Network Autism Acceptance Month statement on autism, disability rights, and public policy.
  • Safe Foods — A personal sensory and eating narrative about “safe foods,” food access, and individual experiences of eating.
  • AutINSAR 2026: Highlighting Autistic Priorities in Autism Research — A community discussion roundup on autistic priorities in research from the 2026 AutINSAR gathering.
  • Double Empathy On Stage: Damian Milton’s INSAR 2026 Keynote — A conference-recap commentary on Damian Milton’s 2026 INSAR keynote and the double-empathy framework.
  • Autism Training for Police Is Not Enough: On the Death of Alex LaMorie — A dated disability-rights statement on police interactions with autistic people and ASAN’s view that training alone is…
  • The Particular Autistic Grief of Losing Your Spouse — A lived-experience essay about grief after the death of a spouse and the particular supports that may matter to one aut…
  • An Autistic Patient Uprising Is Happening Now — A personal advocacy commentary on autistic patients, disability rights, and patient-led health-care reform.
  • The State of the Science: On Tokenism in Autism Research — A first-person conference commentary on tokenism, accessibility, and autistic participation in autism research.
  • Debunking “Profound Autism” and Anti-Neurodiversity With Ember Green — A video-based community advocacy discussion of “profound autism,” neurodiversity, and language used in autism policy an…
  • Responding to Psychologist Uta Frith: Autism Can’t Be Quantified, and That’s OK — An advocacy commentary responding to a psychologist’s public remarks on autism, emphasizing limits of reductive measure…
  • Three Ways Differential Diagnosis Can Be Neurodiversity-Affirming — A psychologist’s commentary on making differential diagnosis more neurodiversity-affirming while preserving careful, in…
  • Your Kid Belongs Here: Talking With Autistic Parent and Author Katie Rose Guest Pryal — An interview with autistic parent and author Katie Rose Guest Pryal on belonging, parenting, and her personal perspecti…
  • A Systematic Review of Outcomes for People With Intellectual Disabilities and/or Autistic People Following Resettlement From Long-Stay Hospitals in the UK. — A UK systematic review finds that outcomes often improve after long-stay hospital resettlement, while emphasizing uneve…
  • Finding Answers When Your Child Is Struggling: Introducing Ask Kai — A free English- and Spanish-language Child Mind Institute tool that helps caregivers organize concerns about a child’s…
  • Our Son's Haircut Journey: Finding the Right Barber — A mum shares how her family found a sensory-friendly barber for their autistic son — why haircuts overwhelm, what helpe…
  • INSAR 2026: The State of Autism Research, Prague Version — An attendee commentary on the 2026 International Society for Autism Research meeting in Prague, centered on research cu…
  • Maternal and paternal antidepressant use before and during pregnancy and offspring risk of neurodevelopmental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis. — A 2026 review of observational studies finds uncertain, confounded associations between parental antidepressant use and…
  • AuDHD Isn’t Just Autism Plus ADHD: The Tie Dye Model — An autistic psychologist’s 2026 commentary uses a “tie-dye” metaphor to discuss overlapping autistic and ADHD experienc…
  • CPSD Co-Chairs’ Letter Opposing Loosened Limits on 14(c) — A May 2026 disability-advocacy letter opposing a U.S. bill that would alter federal safeguards around subminimum wages.
  • Priorities and Perspectives Regarding Goals and Outcomes of Support for Autistic Children Under 12 Years: A Systematic Review. — Autistic individuals, family members, and professionals often hold differing perspectives on the goals and outcomes of…
  • Autism, dementia, and post-diagnostic support: A consensus report from the Second International Summit on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia. — Post-diagnostic support is a critical yet underdeveloped aspect of dementia care, especially for autistic adults who pr…
  • Neurodiversity Needs Neuroinclusive Leadership — My colleagues and I recently did something scary. For the past few years, we built the Neurodiversity Pathways program…
  • ASAN May 2026 Update: Advocacy, Grants, and Community Resources — A dated May 2026 update from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network covering advocacy, mini-grants, workplace accommodation…
  • Sleep and Sensory Differences in Autistic Young People: A 2026 Review — A 2026 systematic review finding links between sleep difficulties and sensory differences in autistic children and adol…
  • Autism Brain-Connectivity Research: Early Work on Biological Patterns — A brief 2026 research update on cross-species brain-connectivity analyses and possible biological patterns in autism.
  • Strengths-Based, Anti-Ableist Goal Writing in ABA: An Article — A 2026 article proposing a strengths-based, anti-ableist approach to goal writing and direct service in applied behavio…
  • Ableism and the History of ABA Services: A Reflective Article — A 2026 article examining ableism and historical context in applied behavior analysis services for autistic people.
  • Culturally Responsive Practice in Applied Behavior Analysis: A Professional Profile — A professional profile recognizing Dr. Elizabeth Hughes Fong’s contributions to culturally sensitive applied behavior a…
  • When Autism, ADHD, and Anxiety Overlap: A Clinician-Facing Article — A 2026 clinician-facing article on individualized assessment and monitoring when autism, ADHD, and anxiety overlap in c…
  • Neuroaffirming Health Care for Autistic People: Practical Principles — A 2026 clinical article on making health care more accessible, respectful, and neuroaffirming from childhood through ad…
  • Emotion-Regulation Groups for Autistic Children: A Research Review — A 2026 review of group-based emotion-regulation programs for autistic children and teens, including what the evidence c…
  • Food Insecurity and Autistic Families: What a 2026 Review Found — A 2026 review of food insecurity research involving families with autistic children and young people.
  • Share Your IACC Research Priorities by July 17, 2026 — A time-limited opportunity to tell the U.S. Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee which autism research priorities…
  • The Access 2 Card: Free Admission for a Support Person at Venues Across Canada — The Access 2 Card: Free Admission for a Support Person at Venues Across Canada
  • ASAN June Update — Dear friend, During a month that should be full of celebration — LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, Autistic Pride Day, and the Olms…
  • Educational Options for Children on the Autism Spectrum in the UAE — A parent-friendly guide to mainstream inclusion, specialist pathways, special needs centres, autism-focused settings, a…
  • Communication Classes & Other Specialized Classes in Ontario Schools: A Board-by-Board Guide — Families hear a lot of different names — "communication class," "ASD class," "community class," "intensive support prog…
  • How UAE Employment Support Works for People of Determination — How UAE Employment Support Works for People of Determination
  • The Disability Travel Card: Help Bringing a Support Person When You Travel — The Disability Travel Card: Help Bringing a Support Person When You Travel
  • Employment Supports for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum in Ontario — Employment Supports for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum in Ontario
  • Job Websites and Employment Supports for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum in Ontario and Canada — A practical guide to autism-specific, neurodiversity-focused, and disability employment websites that help individuals…
  • Premature Babies — A premature birth is when a baby is born before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy. Premature babies may have health probl…
  • Baby Health Checkup — You care about your baby's health. Make sure you get regular checkups for your baby.
  • Reproductive Hazards — Reproductive hazards can affect your reproductive health, fertility, and ability to have healthy children. Learn about…
  • Rehabilitation — Rehabilitation is the process that assists a person in recovering from a serious injury, illness or surgery to regain s…
  • Pregnancy and Substance Use — During pregnancy, substance use can harm your baby. Learn about why to stay away from smoking, drinking, and illegal dr…
  • Leukodystrophies — Leukodystrophies are rare diseases that affect the cells of the brain and are often genetic. Find more information on t…
  • Thalassemia — Thalassemias are inherited blood disorders. They affect your ability to make hemoglobin. This can cause anemia. Learn a…
  • Phenylketonuria — In phenylketonuria (PKU), your body can't process phenylalanine, an amino acid in most foods. Read about genetics, scre…
  • Tremor — Tremors are unintentional trembling or shaking movements in one or more parts of the body. Read about the types, such a…
  • Swallowing Disorders — Trouble swallowing (dysphagia) can happen with a number of neurological disorders. Older adults are at higher risk. Lea…