All tag results for 'autism'

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is that Broadway musical version of Spider-Man that was plagued by accidents and legal problems.

Now that things are running much smoother for the production, they have announced they will be performing a first-ever autism-friendly production!

The show is going to seriously cut down on things like

Tags: autism, autism friendly, autistic, broadway, broadway play, performance, play, show, spider man, spider-man: turn off the dark, theater, turn off the dark

Alexis Wineman is one beautiful lady, so it's no surprise she won Miss Montana!

What is surprising is that she was diagnosed with a form of autism at 11!

She has pervasive development disorder and as a kid had trouble connecting with others socially.

Tags: autism, beauty queen, miss montana, pageant

A new study just found that women who had the flu or ran a fever for more than a week while pregnant had a higher risk of their child being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.

The study was based off a massive survey of almost 97,000 mothers!

Tags: autism, autism spectrum disorder, autistic, baby, child, disease, fever, flu, health, healthy, pregnancy, pregnant, sick

Niall Horan of One Direction celebrated his 19th birthday the charitable way!

He hosted a charity golf classic!

He was there with Keith Duffy, former fellow Irish boy band star, and the whole event was to benefit Irish Autism Action (IAA) and Temporary Emergency Accommodation Mullingar (TEAM).

So he got to knock back a few pints (legally; it's Europe) and play a round of golf for his birthday!

Sounds like a great birthday!

Especially if it benefits charity.

Check out some more pics (below) to judge Niall's swing!

[Images via WENN.]

Tags: autism, band, cake, charity, fun, golf, help, niall horan, one direction, party, sports

This is a huge step for science and for the health of the world's children!

Scientists in Australia have developed a genetic test that can predict autism spectrum disorder in children.

This is great because it finally means

Tags: australia, autism, better, cause, child, children, disorder, doctor, doctors, effective, health, kid, kids, science, scientists, test, treat, treatment, world

At what point do people wake up and realize they're about to say something incredibly stupid?? How is it that people STILL continue to tweet terribly insensitive things??

People don't learn!

50 Cent is one of those people after tweeting an insult at autism's expense.

A fan said this:

“@50cent Release the album or get shot again.”

Which, granted, it s a stupid thing to say too.

50 then decided it was appropriate to say these things:

Tags: 50 cent, autism, body, foundation, gross, kids, love, million, music, parents, people, picture, serious, tweet, twitter, watch

Even though it's been disproven again and again, so many people still believe there is a link between Autism and childhood vaccinations.

Most recently, Rob Schneider spoke out against the government mandating that parents need to obtain a physician's signature in order to prevent their kid from getting vaccinated.

Tags: age, autism, child, childhood, children, decision, government, help, illegal, kid, kids, legal, life, parents, people, prevent, procedure, vaccinations