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Funny, it isn’t hard to make a comedy show that autistic adults can enjoy too
3 months ago

Funny, it isn’t hard to make a comedy show that autistic adults can enjoy too

LA Times  

Comedian Joshua Meyrowitz performs recently at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood, during a comedy show that aimed to be inclusive for neurodivergent people. Funnily enough, making a comedy show inclusive for neurodivergent people is “not a big adjustment at all — it’s just something that no one’s thought to do,” said Rob Kutner, a comedy writer and co-producer of the …

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‘I don’t want him to go’: An autistic teen and his family face stark choices
3 months, 4 weeks ago

‘I don’t want him to go’: An autistic teen and his family face stark choices

LA Times  

Christine LyBurtus was aching and fearful of what might happen when her 13-year-old son returned home. Noah “has been challenging to place in mental health facility due to behavioral care needs with severe autism,” a doctor wrote when he was back at Children’s Hospital of Orange County yet again. A psychiatrist at the pediatric hospital wrote that because he had …

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Mum's picture book celebrates autistic son who 'climbs mountains' in his sleep
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mum's picture book celebrates autistic son who 'climbs mountains' in his sleep

ABC  

We all have mountains to climb, and how we climb them shouldn't matter. Taking inspiration from her son Ollie, the first-time children's author hopes her book will make children and parents more aware of the challenges people with autism can face and overcome. "He'd go to sleep one night, wake up the next morning, and suddenly," Ms Rae said. "I …

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Non verbal and autistic little boy, 13, vanishes from his Leeds home overnight with police asking for help to find him
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Non verbal and autistic little boy, 13, vanishes from his Leeds home overnight with police asking for help to find him

Daily Mail  

A non-verbal 13-year-old boy is missing in West Yorkshire as police officers launch an urgent hunt to find him. He is believed to be wearing a dark blue tracksuit with white features, white trainers and may also be wearing a dark blue hoodie. Bailey Ferguson, 13, is non-verbal and autistic and has been missing since 11.30pm last night, West Yorkshire …

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Why autistic people like me feel lonely
1 year, 10 months ago

Why autistic people like me feel lonely

The Independent  

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The One Big Problem With Elon Musk’s Autism Announcement
54 years, 11 months ago

The One Big Problem With Elon Musk’s Autism Announcement

Slate  

Over the weekend, Elon Musk used the occasion of his Saturday Night Live opening monologue to announce that he has Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism. Musk claimed to be making history as “the first person with Asperger’s to host—or at least the first to admit it.” At Newsweek, opinion contributor Peter Fox described it as a “small but significant …

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Police vow to work with probe of shooting of autistic boy
4 years, 3 months ago

Police vow to work with probe of shooting of autistic boy

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — A police department vowed Tuesday to cooperate with multiple investigations of the shooting of a 13-year-old autistic boy by officers in the Salt Lake City area. The Salt Lake City Police Department said the officers were called to a home in Glendale, Utah, Friday night with a report of a boy who had threatened people with …

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