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In the wake of the protests which continue to call out the glaring racial injustices and horrific police brutality affecting the lives of Black people across the country, CQL | The Council on Quality and Leadership is introducing a research mentorship program to help lift up and provide opportunities for Black graduate students studying disability. …
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Police Force on Friday (Jul 3) said it was aware of an online post accusing an applied behavioural analysis therapist of abusing a young child with autism, and that a review is being conducted. The boy’s mother had posted two videos on her Facebook page on Tuesday showing closed circuit television camera …
Children with autism express themselves truthfully regardless of the social consequences. I know, because I am autistic. Dearest parent of a child with autism, You are the chosen one. Yes, it is your job to guide and support the world’s most dynamic, creative, honest and disciplined creature. Congratulations. Being the parent of an autistic child …
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A judge has sided with Walt Disney World in ruling that the theme park resort wasn’t being unreasonable when it refused to give unlimited front-of-the-line passes to an autistic man whose mother said in court papers the accommodation should have been made under the Americans with Disabilities Act. U.S. District Judge …
A homeless man is being hailed a hero after rescuing a teenager after he found himself stuck in a creek last week. Bobby Mitchell was at Hawthorne Park in Medford, Ore., on Thursday night when he heard screams coming from a body of water nearby. Without hesitation, Mitchell jumped to help. Original Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7125459/homeless-man-saves-autistic-teen/
Generally speaking, being black in a white-dominated world is hard. Being autistic in a neurotypical-dominated world is also hard. Being an immigrant in a native-dominated world is hard. Osime is a Black autistic immigrant. Being Black and autistic can be life-threatening. Navigating the complex social rules of adolescence and young adulthood without being able to avoid …
Like many autistic women and nonbinary people of color, I didn’t find out I was autistic until many years after the average white autistic man usually does in early childhood. I was 13 instead of 3, and that’s still actually quite early compared to many other autistic people of color. Some do not get diagnosed …
On the day he received a 50-year prison sentence, Matthew Rushin called his mom and asked for a favor more fitting of a teenager away at college than a condemned man. “Can you please order Thanksgiving dinner for all of us? There are 12 of us in here,” Lavern Rushin recalls him requesting …
This is the sixth installment from this series detailing the events that led to a Black, autistic college student being charged with attempted murder hours after a car accident. To learn more about this story and how you can become involved, please visit http://FreeMatthewRushin.com/
Netflix has greenlit two new unscripted dating shows, Variety has learned exclusively. The new series further bolster Netflix’s lineup in the romance genre, following the success of breakout hits ‘Love Is Blind” and “Too Hot To Handle.” “Indian Matchmaking,” which will debut on July 16, centers around couples paired by an elite Indian matchmaker. “Love …