When SPARKs Fly: David and Vell’s Journey to Love
Watch this video interview to learn about David and Vell’s relationship and hear their advice for other autistic adults looking to step into the dating world.
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Get the latest autism updates from SPARK, including information about genes and ASD research, webinars, and personal stories from our community.
Our ‘genes’ page provides short, easy-to-understand descriptions of genes linked to autism. Under ‘research’, you’ll find the latest updates from SPARK and other autism studies. In our ‘stories’ section, families, scientists and others share their journeys. In our monthly webinars, speakers from the autism community provide useful information for families and people with autism. All are welcome–invitation links are issued in our monthly newsletter. If you have suggestions for webinar topics, please email us at webinars@sparkforautism.org.
The Stigma of Autism: When Everyone is Staring at You
Autistic people and their families often face angry stares, judgmental comments, or outright rejection. How does stigma affect them?
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Webinar: Understanding Autism Through Participant Involvement-SPARK Research Match
In this recorded webinar, Dr. Wendy Chung discusses what SPARK Research Match is and how it works.
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Autism, Meltdowns, and the Struggle to Manage Emotions
Some people with autism struggle to manage emotions that may become so intense they cause a meltdown. What are researchers learning about emotion regulation in autism?
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Building a Community, for Autism
A good journalist always verifies the facts. So when former broadcast reporter Karen Zarsadiaz-Ige first read about the SPARK autism study, she checked it out. Here’s what she learned.
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Webinar: Emotion Dysregulation in ASD-Why it Matters and What We Are Doing About It
Difficulty managing the intensity and duration of emotions is common in autism. Be sure to view this important recorded webinar.
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Building Connections in Black Communities: Faith, Autism, Health Care, and Research
Religious leaders play an important role in the Black community. That is why they also can help in the effort to reduce racial disparities in health care and autism research, some say.
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Webinar: Faith, Disability, Mental Health, and Research: Engaging Black People of African Descent in the Dialogue
In this recorded webinar, Dr. Mirian Ofonedu discusses strategies for addressing barriers to services and other opportunities.
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Focusing on Intervention: The Autism Journey of the Barbera Family
Before she was a behavior analyst, author, and podcaster, Mary Lynch Barbera was a mom trying to find ways to help her son with autism.
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Webinar: Explorations of Language in Autism
In this recorded webinar, Helen Tager-Flusberg, Ph.D., helps us understand language development in autism.
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