Good Day! Here is the Autism News Digest for Saturday, May 20, 2023
Acceptance and Awareness
- ODOT adding adult-sized changing tables in 28 highway rest areas by 2026
- New space to support well-being, mental health of teens open in Squirrel Hill
- Unique graduation ceremony held for a class that can teach everyone a lesson
Reaching Out
- Kids with autism can hate getting on a plane. A CT program is helping families fly.
- ‘It’s harder than you think’: Family of autistic boy works to raise money for service dog
Advocacy Corner
- My View: Autism takes many different forms and requires understanding
- Beating the stigma: one family’s story on working with autism
- Some dentists specialize in care for children on autism spectrum
- Autistic children 160 times more likely to drown
- Music’s magical powers: How melodies help special needs student communicate
Educational Block
- New York father says school retaliated against him for protecting autistic son
- After a N.J. kindergartner was filmed barricaded behind a gym mat, his mother wants an investigation
- Lawsuit claims teacher physically harmed autistic boy at Oroville school
- Former substitute at North Elementary faces felony charges for battery, assault on a disabled child in two separate incidents caught on video
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