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This post is by Mandy Farmer, a blogger/author/advocate who writes for the blog From the Bowels of Motherhood. She and her husband have three kids under seven years old. Their middle son is on the autism spectrum. She writes about autism, motherhood and military family life. You can also find Mandy on Facebook here. One […]
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Earlier this year we came out with a blog on 5 Actresses Who’ve Played Characters with Autism to spotlight the world premiere of Jane Wants a Boyfriend, a film focused on a young woman with Aspergers trying to find love in New York City. With that we wanted to follow this list up by looking
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One of the worst feelings I’ve seen a special need’s parent go through is the thought of one day having to put their child in an institution…the conversation no parent ever wants to have about their child… I often read blogs about subjects such as autism and other learning disabilities and the author trying to
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Autism Speaks recently released a video featuring seven-time Emmy winner Ed Asner who discusses the importance of finding meaningful employment for people on the autism spectrum. I was honored to be a part of the video as a person with autism who has found a full-time job today through Autism Speaks. In the video Asner also highlights
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In May my immediate family and I sat down at one of our favorite restaurants for a very special occasion. This was the night I became a host of my own TV show. When I was diagnosed with autism, I never thought that this was going to be a possibility. Looking 23 years into the
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Growing up with autism wasn’t always easy. When I was young I often looked for a role model to look up too from the autism community. That was when the numbers of autism were about 1 in every 1000 individuals being diagnosed in the early 90’s. Because of the rise of awareness of autism, many autism
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In 2011, we founded the organization KFM Making a Difference with the hopes of helping individuals with special needs across the lifespan. With that one of our missions was to help give scholarships out to individuals with autism to pursue college. Since KFM was founded we’ve been able to give out 20 scholarships for adults
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In honor of the release today of Jane Wants a Boyfriend, a film that looks at the life of a young woman with autism trying to find love in NYC we’re counting down 5 actresses who’ve portrayed realistic portrayals of autism on film. Click here to read more about 10 films that will help you learn
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“KFM Making a Difference”, an organization focused on housing and disability advocacy was started by international motivational speaker Kerry Magro. You can check out our most recent scholarship application form here You can learn more about how Kerry is helping the disabled community here Learn how you can hire Kerry to speak at your next
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*Want Kerry Magro, a professional speaker on the autism spectrum to speak in your area? Contact him here for more details! Read exclusive videos and blogs from Kerry here.* Dear Special Needs Parent, I know some days are tough. You are beaten down. Your child is having a meltdown. Your teenager is having challenges at school
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