The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition, categorizes the challenges faced by individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) as focusing on two domains: (1) impaired social communication and interaction and (2) restricted, repetitive behaviors and fixed interests. Such challenges have far-reaching implications for the ways that individuals with ASD interact within their social, educational, professional, and personal environments. Additionally, people with ASD have been considered to have difficulties with executive functioning, or the organizational aspects of cognition. Such challenges may mean that areas such as problem solving, planning, and working memory are negatively affected in people with ASD. The possibilities afforded by emerging advance technologies and social media provide a crucial tool in the living and sharing of experiences and understandings of ...