Good Day! Here is today’s Autism News Digest for today, Saturday, December 17, 2022.

On The Beat

• Police address students on autism

Educational Block

• CPS TEACHERS, STAFF THROW SURPRISE QUINCEANERA FOR STUDENT WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
• Richmond mom traumatized after autistic son was locked out of elementary school, found wandering over a mile away
• For the first time, N.J. schools must report how often they lock kids in ‘quiet rooms,’ new rules say

Awesome Advocates

• ‘It’s like a transformation’: Spring man creates massive Christmas lights display for son with autism
• Who is Miss Georgia Kelsey Hollis? Meet the fourth runner-up from Miss America 2023

Acceptance and Awareness

• Kids With Autism Enjoy Light Show At Allaire Community Farm In Wall
• JDKD Enterprises Will Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Advocacy Corner

• What ASD and ADHD Have in Common
• Care for autistic adult son makes it hard for Ontario father to make ends meet
• From being ‘the class clown’ to diagnosed at 24, woman shares ADHD story

The Brilliant and Talented

• El Dorado Hills Fire Department gives 6-year-old award for saving his grandma
• Seymour man’s book features autistic Christian superhero
• ‘My heart was melting’: How hockey helped an autistic Calgary boy become the Flames’ fire starter

Reaching Out

• ‘I want Cheetos:’ Frito Lay’s Chester Cheetah makes Rustburg girl’s dream come true