Today’s Autism News Digest

Good Day! Here is today’s Autism News Digest for today, Sunday, December 18, 2022.

Advocacy Corner

• As an autistic Canadian, I worry about my country’s support of assisted suicide
• ‘It’s really across the board’: People with disabilities face employment discrimination

Educational Block

• The School That Calls the Police on Students Every Other Day

The Victimized

• Mother wants answers about son’s injuries at Woodbine residential facility
• New York principal reassigned after ‘deficient’ handling lewd pictures of special needs kids
• Quebec boy with autism refused service because he attends English school

Acceptance and Awareness

• I took my 7 year-old neurodivergent son to the sensory room at the World Cup. He loved watching the matches in silence under a weighted blanket.

The Brilliant And Talented

• WATCH: Local teen bringing Sweets on the Streets to those in need
• The sweet story behind Lucky Buck Jewelry

The Criminalized

• Washington man gets 2 years for threatening Black shoppers