Dr. Karen McKibbin

10/16/2026

https://madisonavemag.com/lifestyle/masked-the-hidden-reality-of-adult-autism-and-neurodivergent-life/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAU_ArRleHRuA2FlbQEwAHBkb2YFZmRpZBZRBobLXnBzOmIu2coBttHwUIC3VBNwYWRpZAAAL8WdDVTkc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQKNjYyODU2ODM3OQABHsHGQYJ4AZxIyu0n6Hz35YVm7xBK-s0cA8JDfxaAzPwjDtbb24gHaTmm7N8i_aem_C-dxgaVMd3Y4NobKubn18g&utm_medium=paid&utm_source=fb&utm_id=52524660227396&utm_content=52524660245596&utm_term=52524660231596&utm_campaign=52524660227396

Adult autism looks nothing like the stereotype. Inside the masking, the science, and the real risks neurodivergent adults face every day.

10/16/2026

Adult autism looks nothing like the stereotype. Inside the masking, the science, and the real risks neurodivergent adults face every day.

10/16/2026

Autism and ADHD can mask each other, making diagnosis harder. Scientists are finally mapping how the two conditions intersect—and how that shapes people’s lives.

10/14/2026

In ten months, Illinois students were secluded or restrained more than 15,000 times. Nearly 2,400 children. Over 90 percent of them had disabilities.

Then the law changed.

Illinois signed HB 219 into law. It passed the Senate 52-1 and the House 114-0. Under it:

🚫 Schools can no longer lock a child alone in a seclusion room
⚠️ Isolated time-out and restraint are allowed only when there’s an imminent risk of physical harm
⏳ Prone restraint, holding a child face down, is being phased out
📩 Parents must be notified after every incident

If your child is in school in Illinois, that notification is now your right. If you’re in another state, it’s worth asking your district what its rules are, and getting the answer in writing.

Does your state have a law like this? 👇

📰: Illinois General Assembly, Public Act 102-0339; Equip for Equality

10/10/2026

Autism in Girls💯

09/29/2026

"Take Me Home," which opens in theaters this week, stars a woman with cognitive disabilities who must learn to navigate the world, her relationship with her sister and her father's memory loss.

09/29/2026

The government will do away with rules requiring that people with disabilities be served in the community under a settlement with a handful of states that advocates say sidesteps decades of precedent.

09/08/2026

The federal government is switching sides in a closely watched disability rights case and is now seeking to do away with rules requiring that people with disabilities be served in the community.

09/08/2026

https://www.technologynetworks.com/proteomics/news/researchers-may-have-found-why-autism-looks-different-in-everyone-416252

Researchers used patient-derived brain organoids to map early brain development in autism. They found localized cell-placement errors and scaffold defects, offering a potential explanation for autism’s wide clinical variability.