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This Successful Author is Helping Our Community Learn More About Autism

This guest Q&A is with Carrie Cariello,  the author of What Color Is Monday, How Autism Changed One Family for the Better, and Someone I’m With Has Autism. She lives in Southern New Hampshire with her husband, Joe, and their five children. Her son Jack is on the autism spectrum. She is a regular contributor […]

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5 Reasons Our Special Needs Community Love Disney Movies

Does your child absolutely love Disney? Between the parks, films, books, merchandise, you name it, and Disney has become a cultural phenomenon in our society. What many don’t know though is that it’s also had a positive correlation in our special needs community through it’s films. If you go to Disney’s philanthropy page you will

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The Army Will Open an Autism Center for Military Kids That Have Autism

Military autism families often have a difficulty receiving services for their children. A Penn Sate University study conducted that there are over 23,000 military families in the United States who raise an individual on the autism spectrum. With that the Army is starting a brand new autism center called the Madigan Army Medical Center in

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Why Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Sonnet Inspired Me as Someone on the Autism Spectrum

I’ve been holding back many feelings since the shooting massacre that occurred killing 50 people and leaving countless injured on Sunday, June 12th in Orlando, Fla. Feelings of disgust, sadness, hurt, and worry about my loved ones. As my social media feed blew up with statuses alerting me of what had happened it made me

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The Day I Got to Speak on Broadway About Growing Up with Autism

Arts for Autism: A Concert to Benefit Autism Speaks took place at the historic Gershwin Theatre where Broadway performers and student performers alike came together to raise awareness and funds for autism. As a staffer of Autism Speaks and someone who has been positively impacted by theatre growing up on the autism spectrum I was

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This Beach Has Been Proclaimed an Autism-Friendly Destination

Surfside Beach in South Carolina is now officially an autism-friendly travel destination for our community to enjoy! Their town council recently gave the beach a proclamation for their efforts. As reported by WBTW News, this initative was started to help those with autism and other special needs who love the beach to have easier times

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This Program is Helping Kids With Autism Who Go to the Emergency Room

Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Florida is helping make a difference in the lives of children on the autism spectrum. In a new pilot program they are looking to help reduce the stress that faces many children who go to the emergency room. Reported by Bay News 9, officials from the Children’s Hospital said about

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Amazing Dad Who Has a Son with Autism Starts Blog Called “Autism Daddy”

This guest Q&A is with Frank Campagna aka “Autism Daddy” who is the father to a 13 year old son with classic autism & epilepsy. He has been riding the special needs roller-coaster for over 11 years now and has been writing about his experiences and has become a social media sensation with his blog and Facebook page.

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How ‘Curious Incident’ Helped Bring Autism Awareness to Broadway

If you watched the 2015 Tony awards you may know about the popularity of the new play “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” Based on the 2003 best-selling novel by Mark Haddon, Curious Incident won 5 Tony awards that year. The wins included best play, best direction and best lead actor. Last

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