Lighthouse Autism Center Blog

SOLO provides outdoor winter educational and recreational opportunities for persons with disabilities from St. Joseph County, Indiana in an effort order to: Skiing offers a freedom of movement that most persons with disabilities have never experienced. At the same time, it creates an overwhelming sense of accomplishment and unsurpassed confidence. A person who has difficulty walking will […]

Lighthouse Autism Center Weather & Emergency Closing In order to best support our families, at Lighthouse Autism Center, we believe that being open allows our parents who must go to work is truly putting our children and their families first. We also do not close for weather related reasons on the same schedule as the […]

Danny’s Wish iPads for Autism Danny’s Wish iPads for Autism applications will only be accepted September 1st through December 31st of each calendar year. Applications received and approved will be acknowledged by email & submitted to lottery for the next allocation of iPads awarded. Unfortunately incomplete applications will not be considered for award. iPads will […]

Cloud Database for Autism Research Over the past 10 years, no disorder has become so familiar to Americans, yet remained so mysterious, as autism. Now affecting 1 in every 68 children born in the United States—up from 1 in 166 a decade ago—the condition has so far resisted nearly all efforts to cure it, curb […]

When Bobbie and Kyle Robinson’s son Samuel was born in 2012, both had good jobs and good insurance: She is a teacher and he is director of operations for a university basketball program. The future looked bright for the young, growing family, but everything changed the following year when Samuel was diagnosed with autism. The […]

The Autism Society of Indiana, hosts an annual Northern Indiana Autism Expo every year at various locations though-out Indiana. In 2014, this Autism Expo was hosted in Mishawaka at Windsor Park Conference Center at 4020 Edison Lakes Parkway, Mishawaka, Indiana. The expo is free to attend and typically features different exhibitors from across the state […]

As a result of changes from the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Open Enrollment period for insurance is now occurring only once per year. For coverage starting in 2015, the Open Enrollment period is November 15, 2014- February 15, 2015. Individuals may also qualify for Special Enrollment periods outside of Open Enrollment if they experience […]

Autism risk higher near pesticide-treated fields, study says Environmental Health News: Published by Environmental Health Sciences By Lindsey Konkel, Staff Writer Babies whose moms lived within a mile of crops treated with widely used pesticides weremore likely to develop autism, according to new research published June 23, 2014. The study, conducted by the University of California, […]

Just how bad a mother am I? I wondered, as I watched my 13-year-old son deep in conversation with Siri. Gus has autism, and Siri, Apple’s “intelligent personal assistant” on the iPhone, is currently his BFF. Obsessed with weather formations, Gus had spent the hour parsing the difference between isolated and scattered thunderstorms — an […]

Huffington Post- With up to one in 68 children now being diagnosed with autism, a public debate rages: Is the actual incidence of autism rising at what some say are epidemic proportions, or is our high awareness of this once rare childhood neurological condition leading to more vigilance and better diagnosis? While the larger debate […]