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Timothy Mashburn, a 12-year-old boy with autism was featured on the NFL Network for his inspiring story. Mashburn went to a Play60 event which was hosted by the Philadelphia Eagles called Huddle Up for Autism and after the experience became a fan of both football and the Eagles. After this experience, Mashburn’s behavioral therapist suggested him […]
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The holiday season is upon us! With that we put a call out on our Facebook page asking members of our autism community about what toys they would recommend buying for their loved ones on the autism spectrum! Below is a list of what our community recommended. You can read the full list on Facebook
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Eliese Livingston who has a 5-year-old son on the autism spectrum was shocked to find that her car’s autism awareness sign had been vandalized. On Livingston’s car is an autism awareness sticker reading, “Autistic child may not respond to verbal commands” which had stickers put on top of the sign reading things such as “undisciplined”
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Instead of focusing on deficits I focus on talents https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZXNqraH2Og Chris Ulmer, a special needs teacher from Florida has gone viral after videos surfaced of him in classroom with his students. Chris spends the first 10 minutes each day compliment his students while also giving them high fives. He believes in positive reinforcement to help
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James Williams, a hairdresser from Wales was struggling to find a way to cut one of his customer’s hair in Mason, a young child with autism. Mason who was diagnosed with autism just a few months ago has had a tough time due to sensory overload sitting in a barber’s chair and his family was
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Kate Middleton is advocating for children’s mental health awareness in a new PSA through the U.K. non-profit Place2Be. Middleton who is the most well known as the Duchess of Cambridge has a background in philanthropy work and has become a role model to many for her advocacy efforts. In the video Middleton also discusses the impact
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While people begin their holiday shopping during Black Friday and Cyber-Monday, Giving Tuesday begins the charitable season of end of the year giving for worthy causes around the world! One of those causes that needs your support with a tax-deductible donation here is our Making a Difference for Autism Scholarship Program, which helps students with autism
Daniel Mulligan, a 6-year-old boy with autism loves routines! One of those routines involved waiting for the trash man every Monday morning for trash pickup. Than one Monday a random act of kindness that happened to Daniel went viral… Manuel Sanchez, the Mulligan families garbage collector walked up to Daniel with a brown paper bag.
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P.J. Gialopsos who owns Little Italy Restaurante in Anchorage, Alaska, stood up for one of his employees on the autism spectrum by “firing” a customer who treated him badly. Gialopsos explained that this customer had called their employee an idiot, cursed at him and accused him of being on drugs after sending her the incorrect
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“A great deal of my inspiration to become one of the first talk show hosts with autism in the country has come from your career…” On a brand new episode of the “Different is Beautiful Show” I shared an open letter that you can watch above that I originally wrote for The Mighty about how
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70 million individuals have autism worldwide. Because of this, in 2011, Kerry started “KFM Making a Difference” an organization that helps provide scholarships for adults with autism to attend college. Help support the cause today and “make a difference” in the lives of those with autism.
70 million individuals have autism worldwide. Because of this, in 2011, Kerry started “KFM Making a Difference” an organization that helps provide scholarships for adults with autism to attend college. Help support the cause today and “make a difference” in the lives of those with autism.
