There’s a saying that when you’ve met one autistic person, you’ve met one, meaning that autism looks differently for each person. Hence the use of the word spectrum. Which is why I think we still have ...

My 23-year-old son Gus, who is autistic, is a study in contradictions. He can’t put together a sandwich and yet plays a song on the piano after hearing it once. He travels all over New York City on ...

April is Autism Acceptance Month. According to estimates from CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network, 1 in 36 children has autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United ...

FARMVILLE, N.C. (WITN/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A teen author penned a new book dedicated to kids with autism. The book, "Ziggy's Super Brain," shared an important message to the one in 36 American ...

BALTIMORE - As a child, Rachel Flowers' parents were told she would never speak, behave or interact normally. In fact, they were told she should be put in an institution. Flowers calls herself "an ...

FARMVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — A Farmville middle schooler is sharing his story through his own book. Xzavier Williams, better known as “Ziggy,” approached his mom with the idea about a year ago. Now the ...

In the first week of January 2017, my car was hit by a truck while I was stopped at a red light. I suffered a concussion, which is why I have not written here in a year. It's been a very difficult ...