

Being Heumann Just Opened TIFF — Theaters Nov 6, Apple TV Nov 13
Being Heumann, Apple’s film about disability-rights leader Judy Heumann, opened the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10. Select theaters get it November 6. Apple TV streams it November 13.

Autism Digest
24 hours ago3 min read


Love on the Spectrum Just Won Three More Emmys
Disability Scoop reported the wins on September 9, 2026. At the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles — a weekend ceremony ahead of the main Emmy Awards on September 14 — Love on the Spectrum took home:

Autism Digest
4 days ago3 min read


What Happens After Your Child’s Autism Screen
If your pediatrician just ran an autism screen — or you asked for one — and you are sitting in the parking lot wondering what that score actually buys you, you are asking the right question.

Autism Digest
5 days ago4 min read


What Autistic Women Wish Clinics Knew About Menopause
If you are an autistic woman in midlife — or you love one — and the past year feels louder, hotter, foggier, and harder to plan, you are not inventing that.

Autism Digest
6 days ago4 min read


Why More Girls Are Getting Autism Diagnoses Right Now
If you have been watching autism headlines and wondering whether the numbers are “exploding,” a new study from Saint Louis University and SSM Health has a calmer answer.

Autism Digest
Sep 44 min read


Your Right to Live at Home Did Not Vanish This Summer
If you are raising an autistic child who needs home nursing, or you are an autistic adult who wants to stay in your own apartment with supports — not a nursing home or a locked ward — the news from the Justice Department this summer was scary. A federal memo said the department no longer reads disability law the way it used to on community living. Here is the part that matters at the kitchen table: the Supreme Court decision that protects community living was not repealed. A

Autism Digest
Sep 34 min read


AuDHD: Autism and ADHD Together
You already know the kitchen-table version: the same person can be autistic and have ADHD.

Autism Digest
Sep 39 min read


What “Virtual Autism” Research Actually Says About Screens and Autism-Like Changes
What “Virtual Autism” Research Actually Says About Screens and Autism-Like Changes

Autism Digest
Sep 211 min read
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