Drawing from the topics of his book Uniquely Normal, and on his experience as an autism consultant and brother to an adult man on the autism spectrum, Rob Bernstein shares his perspectives on tapping into the various areas of strength, interest, and normalcy to better understand, interact with, and address the needs of individuals on the autism spectrum.

In this session, Andrew Arboe, the director of Community Outreach for Connecticut’s Planning Across the Spectrum, speaks about driving for those on the spectrum.

In this video from the 2016 USAAA World Conference, Dr. Phillip C. DeMio talks about how children with autism have to deal with sensory conditions, especially the texture of the foods they eat. He discusses different methods to combat this.

Theodore Henderson, M.D., Ph.D. brings to our annual World Conferences a unique blend of expertise in psychopharmacology, neurobiology, and an understanding of human nature in the practice of psychiatry. In this presentation, he speaks about how psychiatry has let the autism community down.

Today we're premiering a video of The Self-Advocacy Panel at our 2013 World Autism Conference! We'll hear the importance of self-advocacy in the life of a person on the autism spectrum, and self-advocacy methods and techniques used our panelists.

In this video, we're revisiting the Doctors and Researchers Panel at our 2015 World Conference! This panel offers insightful discussion on a variety of topics relevant to people of all ages who are on the autism spectrum.

In this panel discussion, the parents of individuals on the autism spectrum share their experiences and answer difficult questions.

Today we're excited to premiere Nathan Kaplan's Journey, as presented at our 2015 World Conference by Nathan's father, the US Autism Association's founder, Dr. Larry Kaplan. In this excerpt from a larger discussion, Larry tells the inspiring story of Nathan's unexpected success with rock-climbing, and the amazing teacher who was able to help him achieve it.

We're excited to premiere today's video: a presentation by Dr. Temple Grandin on effective ways to help kids all across the autism spectrum! This was a Keynote presentation at the US Autism & Asperger Association World Conference in 2015. We always enjoy her insights and practical take on life with autism.

In this video, we hear a challenging and absolutely inspirational presentation from Sameer Dahar, an Autism Advocate and Author, at the US Autism Association's 2015 World Conference, facilitated by Dr. Marlo Payne Thurman. At only age 15, he prepared this presentation to describe his life and struggles as a non-verbal person with autism - prepare for your expectations and understandings of autism to be STRETCHED!

This #shorts video is an excerpt from James Partington, Ph.D., BCBA's presentation at our 2017 World Conference.

Today's video is an excerpt from Marlo Payne Thurman, Ph.D.'s presentation, "The Continuums of Autism: Cognition, Sensory Processing and Behavior", on September 5, 2014 at our World Conference in Kansas City, Missouri.