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A video of a 17-year-old with autism and epilepsy from Middleburg Heights, Ohio being beaten is now making the rounds in the news. The victim, Nick Hoffman who was attacked by a fellow student was left with a concussion. The attack happened at Polaris Career Center on Monday. Their superintendent Bob Timmons in a statement […]
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A special education teacher with over 18 years of experience is now no longer at Magnolia Woods Elementary in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System after slapping a 6-year-old boy with autism in the face who was having a meltdown in class. An adult who was also in the classroom reported the situation immediately.
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So many people I know with autism mask their behaviors in the hopes of fitting in and because of that often do damage to themselves as a result. I was reminded about this recently sitting down with Noah, a 10-year-old boy with autism for our video series A Special Community. In the video above Noah’s
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“She was on the bus for almost the entire school day and no one noticed until the afternoon.” This was an incident that happened to a 7-year-old nonverbal girl with autism at Beulaville Elementary School in Duplin County, North Carolina. Her mom Jaysha Gray told Witn “”Whenever you get a call saying that she’s not
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“Just because I have high-functioning autism doesn’t mean I still don’t deal with challenges.” Every once in a while, someone hears my story of being nonverbal till 2.5 and how, early on, I was considered by experts to be on the severe end of the autism spectrum and they ask me how today as an
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“After I turned 21 I applied to multiple places. None of them would hire me,” ABC6 – Providence, RI and New Bedford, MA News, Weather Michael Coyne, a young man with autism told this to ABC 6. His mom suggested he look at other ways towards finding employment and that started the coffee shop Red,
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Joseph ‘Joey’ Patterson who is 16 wandered away from his parents’ Wyoming home on November 10, 2019 and has not been seen since. Authorities from the Natrona County Sheriff’s Office are still on the search for him. Authorities do not suspect foul play in Peterson’s disappearance and noted that the teen, who is 5’9″ and
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“Cellphone video recorded a teacher inside the school getting upset and pushing his head back.” A special education teacher at Dania Elementary School in Florida did this to Max a 7-year-old on the autism spectrum. Max’s dad told WSVN, “To see your child actually being touched by someone in a hostile way, it made me
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Will you be tuning in? I used to be nonverbal. Today I travel the country each year educating on neurodiversity as a full-time professional speaker. I’d be honored if you would follow my journey at Kerry’s Village https://www.facebook.com/groups/aspecialcommunity/ A new Pixar short film came to Disney+ on January 10, 2020 called ‘Loop’ that featured a character
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Hey everyone. I took the time out of my schedule to do some research on this story for you to enjoy along with self-reflection of what helped me during my earliest days of nonverbal autism. I provided a few tips in the article on how you can help an autistic child who is nonverbal. You
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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.
