Severely autistic, and nonverbal, Tito has learned to speak thru his poetry. My wife Rashele had the opportunity to sit in on a class last week at the Ladders conference in Boston and listen to Tito's mother, a pioneer in breakthrough treatment and listen first hand to her speaking about her son, and autism.

A program in Arkansas called Kids First has proven successful for many families thanks to caring and creative caregivers that want to see their patients succeed.

Researchers at the University of Alabama Birmingham want to see if a game designed around facial expressions can help children on the spectrum learn to read facial cues.

A new movie detaling the life of a bullied teen and how he deals with the real life drama and the drama he lives thru an online game.

Students at Saginaw Valley State University, in an effort to assist children with autism, created a "hug vest" which applies deep tissue compression to the upper torso.

13 year old Alexander Janis, diagnosed with first with ADD/PDD and later high functioning ASD is a star baseball player with a love of the game, and his Los Angeles Dodgers.

A school in suburban Atlanta called "Jacob's Ladder" treats children on the spectrum. Amy O'Dell has converted her home to accomodate a number of students and assist them in a wide range of therapies that help "rewire the brain"

BloomingKids Software designs computer games specifically tailored to children with special needs. The Windows applications have been running since 2006, but BloomingKids Software has now released their games on Mac.