Good Day! Here is the Autism News Digest for May 18-19, 2023
Acceptance and Awareness
- Built as ‘game changer,’ Rec Center focuses on youth
- Neurodiversity in the workplace
- Hubbard Library Gets $10K Grant to Assist Those with Disabilities
- Brecksville’s Valleybrook ‘Smart Home’ opens doors to the community for disabled individuals
Advocacy Corner
- ‘Now there’s a safety net’: Marlboro mom’s work pays off with autism driver’s license law
- Understanding Autism: How one man is making a difference
- WOMEN DESERVE BETTER AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER DIAGNOSES
- Communication board helps students with autism and other learning disabilities communicate
The Remembered
Awesome Advocates
- SPRING GARDEN PD WELCOMES ALEX MANN, AUTISM AWARENESS ADVOCATE AND POLICE SUPPORTER
- San Diego author looks to change perception of autism
- Activists discuss the harm inadequate public schools funding causes educators, students
On the Beat
The Brilliant and Talented
- ‘It’s a business, but also Chesed’: Couple helps autistic Jewish people find love
- Vernon Holder, Martin County High School grad on the spectrum, writes personalized letter to all 531 classmates
- ‘The heart of the Music Department’ plans memorable commencement performance
- High school graduate series: White Oak senior finds success ‘out of his shell’
Educational Block
Reaching Out
- Mystic penguins present penguin-made art to children with autism
- ‘The community needed this:’ Diocese of BR holding ‘Sensory Mass’ for those with special needs
The Remembered
- Disabled woman endured ‘torture’ from caregivers before death, New Mexico prosecutors say
- Neurodivergent fashion designer-to-the-stars wears his Jewish identity on his sleeve
Educational Block
- How Colorado is filling gaps as last-resort schools dwindle
- ‘Papers worth nothing’: N.S. parent raises red flag over heavily redacted FOIPOP disclosure
- Former teacher’s aides charged after alleged assaults of special needs student
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