Autism Speaks

Autism Speaks was founded in February 2005 by Bob and Suzanne Wright, grandparents of a child with autism. Since then, Autism Speaks has grown into the nation’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for autism; increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders; and advocating for the needs of individuals with autism and their families.

• COVID-19 Resources Jan 2021
• COVID-19 Resources in Other Languages Jan 2021

• Additional Resources from Autism Speaks
  • 100 Day Kit for Kids with Autism Mar 2019
  • Early Childcare Provider’s Guide to Managing Challenging Behaviors Oct 2018
    Autism Speaks has published this toolkit to assist early childcare providers to improve their management of challenging behaviors in the classroom. Although the focus is on children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, the intervention strategies and positive behavioral methods described in the toolkit can be used for any child struggling with attention deficits, intellectual disability, anxiety and delayed social skills.
  • Glossary (Check out Autism Spectrum Disorders or Developmental Milestones – Stanley Greenspan)
  • Autism Everyday 13 minutes
  • Recursos en Español (Resources in Spanish)
  • Autism and Health: A Special Report: Advances in Understanding and Treating the Health Conditions that Frequently Accompany Autism (PDF) Published: 2017
  • Talking to Parents About Autism (Tool kit and video training)
  • Family Support Tool Kit
  • Two Words You Should Say to Someone Facing an Autism Diagnosis
  • Social Training with Peers Helps Kids with Autism
    A newly published study documents the lasting benefits of a program that enlists typically developing kindergarteners and first graders to help teach social skills to classmates who have autism – all in the context of an after-school playgroup.
    • Play Tips (Video) YouTube | 2:23 minutes
      In a follow-up to their playgroup study, the Kansas University researchers created “Connecting Kids,” a series of child-friendly videos that help typically developing children understand and support friends and classmates who have autism.
  • Including Kids with Autism: School Community Tool Kit