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Tori Medlyn who is mainly non-verbal and has autism is a big fan of Sesame Street! Medlyn’s mom with this in mind and knowing her daughter’s Sweet 16 was coming up reached out to PBS to see if they could do anything for her. What happened next was amazing! On Tori’s birthday she received memorabilia […]
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A young girl went to see Santa at Cleveland Shopping Centre when there was a slight problem. The mother of the young girl forgot to tell the Santa that her daughter couldn’t hear. Luckily, this mall Santa works during the week with children with special needs in school. What happened next between the Santa and
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This holiday season I met a 5-year-old boy with autism who absolutely loves dinosaurs. He came to our Autism-Friendly Santa Weekend where children with autism like him were going to meet me, a Santa with autism. When he came to Santa’s village he laid on the ground and was pretending he was a dinosaur. We
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A school principal in Canberra, Australia received national scrutiny for allowing school funds to build a classroom cage for a 10-year-old boy with autism. The cage was used as a place to “calm down” the child and was only used once before dismantled through the order of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Education Directorate. The
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Shariff Williams’ parents were told by experts that he would never talk or walk due to his severe autism and Tourette’s syndrome diagnosis. Today at the age of 9 though Shariff is dominating the football field with his twin brother. Thanks to Today’s “Together We Make Football” happen program Shariff is now 1 of 5
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We need more Santa’s like this! Brayden, a 3-year-old boy with autism from North Carolina went to meet Santa with his family. When Brayden didn’t want to sit on Santa’s lap Santa decided to lay on the ground to make Brayden feel comfortable. You can read more about this adorable story at Autism Speaks here. 🎅🏽
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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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