When Does Autism Begin?
What if almost everything we assumed about how autism begins is wrong? New studies call into question some assumptions about regression in autism.
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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.
Unmasking the Social Lives of Teens: Do Autistic Teens Hide Aspects of Themselves to Fit in?
Do teens with autism, especially girls, hide aspects of themselves to fit in socially? A study with SPARK participants had some surprising results.
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Managing Anxiety During a Pandemic: The Effect on Children and Adults with Autism
How are people with autism coping with the anxieties and changes caused by COVID-19? The answer, like autism itself, is complicated.
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The Future of SPARK
In this recorded webinar, Dr. Wendy Chung shares information about SPARK’s long-term goals and activities.
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Webinar: The Overlap Between Autism, ADHD, and Executive Functioning
In this webinar, Ericka Wodka discusses the challenges children with autism often have focusing, maintaining attention, and planning and organizing their environment.
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Cracking the Autism Services Code: Spotlight on the Stepanians
Finding information about, and services for, autism seemed like a mystery to Cara Stepanian. Her family took steps to shed more light on ASD.
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Good News for Late Talkers: More Children with Autism Learn to Speak than Previously Believed
Researchers have found that most young children with autism spectrum disorder and severe language delay developed “phrase or fluent” speech by age 8, with almost half achieving fluent speech.
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Community Spotlight: Jennifer Kelly
Jennifer Kelly took her son to a specialist because he was having behavior problems at school. But the doctor’s initial diagnosis didn’t seem right.
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What We Are Learning About Genetics and Autism
In this webinar, Wendy Chung, M.D., Ph.D., shares more about what SPARK is learning from its genetic research. This webinar is 60 minutes long.
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Stress and the Autism Parent
Researchers have taken notice of parental stress in families of children with autism. More than a few studies report that parents of children with autism experience more stress than parents of typical-developing children and parents of children with Down Syndrome.
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