Good Day! Here is the Autism News Digest for Thursday, July 6, 2023 – Sunday, July 9, 2023

The Brilliant and Talented

• Young artist with Asperger’s brightens library with space mural for kid’s section
• Imperial Scout Aims for Autism-friendly Ambulances
• Meet Trent, a talented artist with autism who takes requests of things to draw

Acceptance and Awareness

• Kids being kids at Sensory Friendly Sunday
• Spectrum Sailing sets an open course for kids with autism
• Tierra Madre sanctuary receives Kiwanis Club grant
• Young man with autism visits hundreds of police departments to promote awareness
• Autism Evansville to hold first community summit
• Michigan dentists learning to help the disabled access better oral care
• New sensory hours at Buckeye Imagination Museum, award nominations sought
• A story of brothers: Montreal teen writes book to raise awareness for Autism
• Families, Advocates Discuss Ways the Church Can Welcome Persons With Disabilities

Advocacy Corner

• Dad abandons son with autism at Longmont hospital and human service workers refuse to take custody
• OPINION: “Sheriff Heroux is shirking community responsibilities towards autism, anti-bullying”
• On a Vegas Vacation With My Autistic Child, and Other Lessons Learned Traveling on the Spectrum
• Positivity and pups with project Chance!
• Is Life Easier for Autistic People in Japan?
• My Son Has Autism, and These Are 7 Trips I Recommend for Neurodiverse Families
• Temple Grandin speaks about engagement opportunities for people on the autism spectrum
• How My Autistic Kid Found Accessible Adventure—and Yours Can, Too
• In WSOP’s Card-Marking Controversy, Autism Must Speak Louder
• Is Autism a Superpower?
• Visiting Legoland With Autistic Children, and Other Vacations That Cater to Neurodivergence
• The Disney Characters That Helped Me Navigate My Neurodiversity
• Neurodiversity: perspective from a person with lived experience
• Alternative Paths Exist for Those With Learning Disabilities
• Do People With Autism Experience Depression Differently?

On The Beat

• California mother pushes for positive police interactions with people with autism
• Hernando Sheriff’s Office offers new Autism Awareness decal
• The STIM Project: Sensory backpacks for autistic individuals

The Remembered

• 3-year-old dies after wandering out of apartment and onto road
• Prunedale father charged with murder in death of autistic daughter

Awesome Advocates

• Top Draft prospect helps give voice to autistic fan — and so many others
• Mom praises ‘heaven-sent’ barber who turned haircut into a game for 6-year-old with autism

The Victimized

• Fast Food Worker Is Fired For Being Autistic — ‘You’re Asking Me To Go Home Because I Told You I Had A Disability?’
• ‘I’ve never seen a casket that little’: New details and clues emerge in case where 7-year-old girl with autism was left in closet for so long she became mummified