The ARC of Calhoun/Cleburne County has given the Robinson family Family of the Year Award.  I thank them most humbly, and urge everyone reading this blog to go check them out and join up:

http://www.thearcofcalhoun.com/.

These guys are the ones that run the summer camp I talked about in the blog, so you're already familiar with their good work.  Thanks for the honor.

Other random science news stuff:

Autistic people act the same in social situations whether people are watching them or not.

Kids with autism have more prefrontal neurons and larger heads/brains.

Some facial characteristics of autistic children.

A genetic mechanism in autism and pregnancy.

A specific X chromosome region SNP linked to 15% increased chance of autism.

Social skills and language development regions of autistic brains develop slower.