Light It Up Blue
Join Autism Speaks in celebrating World Autism Awareness Day on April 2 and Light It Up Blue to help shine a light on autism. Whether it’s your front porch or local city hall, an office party or a banquet, the whole world is going blue to increase awareness about autism.
Federal Judge Rules Medicaid Must Cover ABA
U.S. District Court Judge Joan Lenard orders Florida’s Medicaid program to cover Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) immediately, finding the treatment medically necessary and not “experimental” as claimed by the state
DSM-5 Update: A Letter from our CSO
Chief Science Officer Geri Dawson, Ph.D., updates our community on early findings and Autism Speaks funded research on the impact of proposed DSM-5 revisions to the definition of autism.
Walk Now for Autism Speaks
Powered by volunteers and families with loved ones on the autism spectrum, Walk Now for Autism Speaks brings together hundreds of thousands of participants annually across the United States and Canada with a common goal of generating vital funds for autism research and raising awareness.
News
Date: March 28, 2012
Autism Speaks and The Home Depot® have partnered for a second year to shine a light on autism during Autism Awareness Month in April and World More...
Date: March 22, 2012
New findings link disordered gene activity to early brain development in autism More...
Date: March 20, 2012
An international conference, Investing in our Future: The Economic Costs of Autism, will feature leading autism experts who will exchange views More...
Date: March 16, 2012
Autism Speaks is playing a pivotal role in a new international effort to speed the development of safe and effective medicines for ASD More...
Science
Autism Speaks is concerned that planned revisions to the definition of autism spectrum disorder may restrict diagnoses...
The Doctors Are In! Join us on the 1st Thursday of every month, 3 pm ET. Join via the Live Chat tab our Facebook page.
The Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network (ATN) was established to provide a place for families to go for high quality More...
The role of environmental factors in the development of autism is a crucial area of study. Although we know that More...
Official Blog Posts
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The 8th annual Greater Abilene Walk Now for Autism Speaks was held Saturday, April 14th at the Abilene Zoo in Texas. Elvis, doing a return...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Quilts evoke feelings of comfort and community, made up of individual squares, sewn together in a patchwork to create unique designs. They...
Monday, April 16, 2012
The 7th annual North Bay Walk Now for Autism Speaks occurred Saturday, April 14th at Windsor Town Green. Though the week leading up to the...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Friday April 13 at 1pm EST, Autism Speaks National Walk Director, Paul Irwin-Dudek, will be hosting a LIVE Chat! Please join us on our Autism...
Family Services
Questions? Call us at 888-288-4762 or en Español 888-772-9050, or email familyservices@autismspeaks.org. More...
Find therapists, doctors, schools and community resources in your area. Search by state or zip code. More...
As part of the transition from childhood to adult life, planning inevitably includes housing decisions. Finding and More...
Safety is a critical part of all of our lives, whether we are at home or out in the community, alone or with loved ones More...
Advocacy News
Monday, March 26, 2012
Autism Speaks, the nation's largest autism science and advocacy organization and the leading voice on autism insurance reform, today hailed...
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Autism Speaks Executive Vice President of Programs and Services Peter Bell was sworn in today as a member of the President’s Committee for...
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Autism Speaks, the world’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, today endorsed HB.771, which would amend Louisiana’s 2008 autism...
Thursday, March 1, 2012
MedClaims Liaison (MCL), a leading national patient advocacy company, and Autism Speaks, the world’s largest autism science and advocacy...
