Good Day! Here is today’s Autism News Digest for today, Saturday, February 25, 2023

The Brilliant and Talented

• I couldn’t read until 18 — now I’m the youngest black professor at Cambridge
• SpEd Spotlight: Local student finds expression through creativity, art
• Lowell subject of history book

Acceptance and Awareness

• Neurodivergent Movement Comes to Marshall Through Neurodivergency Alliance

The Victimized

• Man breaks into Toledo home, kidnaps teen girl with autism, police say

Advoacy Corner

• A Black disabled teen went unheard in prison. People are now listening.
• Black Futures Month: More Black, Neurodivergent Women In Tech

Awesome Advocates

• West Chester Student Pens Book on His ‘Superheroic’ Bond with Autistic Brother
• Speech pathologist sits next to an autistic boy on an 8-hour flight and shares an incredible journey with him
• Give it up for this community hero
• Author Dedicates New Book to Niece with Autism, Raises Awarenss

On The Beat

• Peabody police implement autism awareness safety program
• Las Vegas man found safe after missing for a month

Research Developments

• Tablet-Based Game Can Assess Pediatric Visual Motor Skills in Autism
• De-Pathologizing the ‘Intense Special Interests’ of Autism