Good Day! Here is the Autism News Digest for Wednesday, July 12, 2023 – Thursday, July 13, 2023

Acceptance and Awareness

• Universal adult changing table makes its way to the Montgomery County Fair
• Young adults with autism get workforce ready through pilot program ‘Summer of Success’
• Therapy dog comforting students with autism in Sherwood
• ‘I need some friends’: Video of 11-year-old bullied boy asking for help goes viral
• Neurodivergent housing coming to Fayetteville
• ‘90 Day Fiance’ Star Cleo Is a Trans Rights Activist on Social Media! Inside Her Journey
• Neighbor helps boy who knocked on his door looking for friends: ‘He is a beautiful soul’

On The Beat

• Caught on camera: Officers rescue non-verbal 4-year-old boy with autism from pond
• MTA Heroes: Officers help lost man with autism get from NYC to Philly

The Victimized

• Brevard mom accused of using children, including 10-year-old with autism, to shoplift

The Brilliant and Talented

• Young Cape Coral author writes about his experience with autism
• Blind & Autistic ‘America’s Got Talent’ Hopeful Stuns the Judges, Earns the Golden Buzzer
• Metro Atlanta 10-year-old autistic entrepreneur “pops” up big business
• Love, Adventure, and Autism: A Beach Photo Shoot

Advocacy Corner

• Helping an autistic worker attain skills he needs for promotion