Today’s Autism News Digest – Saturday, May 13, 2023

Good Day! Here is today’s Autism News Digest for today, Saturday, May 13, 2023

Awesome Advocates

• Alabama Champion: Mother helps son overcome obstacles to find comfort from baseball
• Hello Art Hatchery in Stoughton gives craft supplies a second life
• A mom, a daughter and autism

Reaching Out

• Blood stem cell donor meets 15-year-old whose life he saved in Los Angeles

Advocacy Corner

• Autism Services Lost

Acceptance and Awareness

• Colin’s Corner opens in Maple Park
• How getting diagnosed with autism helped me embrace my asexuality
• Fried chicken and Rubik’s cubes? How this Toronto restaurant caters to neurodivergent diners

Educational Block

• Jury awards $2.35 million in alleged assault case in KHSD special ed classroom

The Brilliant and Talented

• Gucci reincarnation: 7-year-old prodigy dressmaker claims to be renowned fashion designer in past life

The Victimuized

• Expulsion of family with special needs child triggers uproar

Research Developments

• Yale Study Looks at Link Between Lithium in Drinking Water and Autism Risk