The family of young Spencer is circling the wagons to defend themselves against the litigious attacks of their neighbors. Four year old Spencer is autistic, and ignorance of his condition is triggering civil action in his San Diego community. Read to the end for a breath of sanity from the courts. picked by equinox 7 months ago

Autistic savant Daniel Tammet shot to fame when he set a European record for the number of digits of pi he recited from memory (22,514). For afters, he learned Icelandic in a week. But unlike many savants, he's able to tell us how he does it. picked by drogue 11 months ago

Niles police say a school bus driver left a 4-year-old autistic boy alone on a school bus for about an hour while she shopped at a party-supply store. picked by kakana 8 months ago

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Shouting promises of candy and other food, search crews combed rugged terrain Tuesday in hope of luring out an 18-year-old autistic hiker who wandered away from his parents. picked by wags273 2 years ago

An autistic computer genius, space aliens and Pretenders legend Chrissie Hynde are all wrapped up in what the federal government says is an effort to contain the most prolific computer hacker in American history. picked by kakana 4 months ago

Researchers at Cambridge University's Autism Research centre developed this questionnaire to measure autistic traits in adults. Higher scores indicate greater autistic or asperger syndrome tendencies. Takes about five minutes and has 50 quick multiple choice questions. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

A woman who claimed she tried to "fix" her 3-year-old autistic daughter by suffocating her with a plastic bag was convicted of murder Thursday after jurors rejected her insanity plea. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

The latest study, in the U.S., looked at whether there was a link between rising rates of autism and the increasing availability of children's TV, videos and DVDs. picked by capriccio 3 years ago

An autistic 11-year-old girl's educational assistant visited a psychic, who predicted that a young girl who's name started with a 'V' was being sexually abused. This was reported as an incident and brought to the attention of both the girl's mother and the Children's Aid Society. picked by tundramonkey 1 year ago

Wendy Portillo, the Kindergarten "teacher" who traumatized then 5-year Alex Barton by making him stand in front of the class and had the students call him disgusting and kicked him out of the class was given her job back and allowed to retain tenure status. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

She must be processing 50 different stimuli at once and charting a safe path through all of them. picked by jaxomlotus 3 years ago

With no reference except his memory of a 45 minute helecoptor ride over the city, autistic savant Stephen Wiltshire was able to make a huge, detailed drawing of the entire city. picked by tigertony 2 years ago

The brownsnout spookfish has two sets of eyes. One regular pair looks up and the second mirrored pair look down. The mirrors focus what little light there is from below more efficiently than a regular ocular lens.

But that doesn't explain it's name - did it get those eyes by sucking up to more important fish. picked by pocksucket 11 months ago

Scientists are working on a way to make you temporarily Autistic, allowing you to focus on work, and ignore the busy annoyances in life. When your done, they can bring you right back to normal. picked by muppetmaker 2 years ago

A Sacramento boy with autism and his family are asking for the safe return of his parrot, Rainbow. picked by psycmoe 1 year ago

A Thai fireman turned superhero when he dressed up as comic-book character Spider-Man to coax a frightened eight-year-old from a balcony. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

13-year-old Adam Race and his family did not go to mass at the Church of St. Joseph Sunday morning like they usually do.
The Todd County Sheriff told Adam's mom if she did take him to St. Joseph's, she would be arrested. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Poppin' Joe is also known as Joe Steffy. Joe is 23 years old, a successful business man. What makes him stand out though is he is autistic and has Down's Syndrome. In addtion to the article, his business' website is here. picked by pocksucket 8 months ago

This just in from the "Good news" department.

It is always nice to read news that isn't bad news.

Follows on from this picked by proverb 2 years ago

It took the mom sewing a microphone into her son's clothes to determine exactly what was causing her child's injuries.
link goes to part 1 of the story which is at the bottom of the page. Read upwards. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago