Travis Breeding: Starbucks Barista

Travis Breeding’s work at Starbucks is an exciting look into the employment opportunities available for individuals on the Autism spectrum. At Starbucks, Travis, an adult with Asperger’s Syndrome, works as a Barista, making drinks, taking orders, greeting customers, and working at the drive-through station. Though Travis thought initially that it would be difficult to find [...]

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We’re Going Viral with Philanthroper.com

Can $1 really make a difference? You bet!  Today the Autism Science Foundation is the featured nonprofit on Philanthroper.com. Philanthroper has been described as the “Groupon” of the nonprofit world.  Each day they raise funds $1 at a time for a selected nonprofit whose work they think is outstanding and today that’s ASF! Philanthroper is about [...]

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ASF is Most Supported Charity in Invisible Gorilla Campaign!

Thank all of you who supported ASF by purchasing The Invisible Gorilla! With your help, we were the most selected charity, so we have received an additional $2000 from the authors of the book, in addition to the purchase proceeds. A very special thank you to authors Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris for supporting the Autism Science [...]

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7 Year-old Boy with Autism Creates and Curates Paleozoic Creatures Blog, Gets over 9,000 Hits in One Day!

ASF Volunteer Louise Bach-Capps’ son, known as ABC,  may only be seven years old, but his knowledge of Paleozoic creatures far exceeds his years. He has been writing a blog titled “Life Before The Dinosaurs,” which provides information about the organisms that preceded the dinosaurs. On June 17, his blog was picked up and featured [...]

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Interview with Dr. Helen Tager-Flusberg

Dr. Helen Tager-Flusberg is the Director of the Lab of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at Boston University. She is also the newly elected president of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR). In May 2011, ASF intern Max Rolison interviewed Dr. Tager-Flusberg about her research and her INSAR presidency. Max Rolison: How did you get involved with [...]

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Interview with Dr. Eric London

Dr. Eric London is an ASF scientific advisory board member, NAAR co-founder, Director of the Autism Treatment Laboratory at the New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, and Chief Science Advisor of the New York State Autism Consortium. In June 2011, Max Rolison, an intern at the Autism Science Foundation interviewed Dr. [...]

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JAMA: Rave Reviews for Deadly Choices, by Dr. Paul Offit

Proceeds of all sales of Deadly Choices are donated to the Autism Science Foundation.  From June 15, 2011 Journal of the American Medical Association  (Copyright American Medical Association 2011) BOOK AND MEDIA REVIEWS DEADLY CHOICES: HOW THE ANTI-VACCINE MOVEMENT THREATENS US ALL By Paul A. Offit 288 pp, $27.50 New York, NY, Basic Books, 2010 [...]

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Structural Brain Differences in Autism: An Interview with Dr. Eric Courchesne

How can early intervention affect brain structure? Why do some children “recover” from autism while others continue to struggle after EI?  Dr. Eric Courchesne, keynote speaker at IMFAR, describes the underlying brain biology of autism and shares new findings showing differences in brain structure in people with autism. These changes originate in the second trimester [...]

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