The United Kingdom's National Autistic Society "I Exist" campaign brought awareness to the issues surrounding lack of understanding and training in the network of social care professionals.

See what Pine Crest Elementary School is implementing as a means of relaxation and information processing for their affected students.

Two proteins in the brain have recently been found to share a relationship that links autism and nicotine addiction. Researchers speculate that some existing druges to combat the addiction of nicotine may benefit those with autism and alleviate some of their symptoms.

University of Illinois at Chicago researchers are involved in an effort to seek, obtain, and study the DNA samples of 2,000 autism patients over the next 3 years. The study will create a database of information of families that are affected with only one autistic child. This database will allow researchers to compare genetic factors that may contribute to autism.

The Community School in Decatur Georgia understands what it takes to create a warm, inviting, and safe environment for kids with autism. The Community School has 8 male students and 12 faculty members and is designed for students between the ages of 12-18. The faculty work with the students, progressing them to the point of graduation in the district's GED program.

University of Montreal researchers J.E. Lugo, R. Doti, and Jocely Flaubert, and Walter Wittich of McGill University have been conducting research into the five senses. What they set out to understand is if our five senses had the ability to work with one another, and if an overlap in those senses occurred.

The 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics in Philadelphia Pennsylvania began on November 11th and will run through November 15th. The annual conference brings together some of the world's top scientists in the field of human genetics. A number of the presentations at the conference will provide information about genome wide association studies and their role in causes of genetic conditions.

Some San Antonio parents have run into roadblocks with doctors, reporting that their children have been denied medical care or surgeries because of their autism diagnosis. While it is in a doctor's right to refuse treatment to anyone except in the case of an emergency, medical experts and parents want to see medical professionals learn how to work with our special needs children.