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When we give talks around the country as a professional speaker we often talk about, along with providing resources for our community based on my personal journey growing up on the autism spectrum, individuals who have made an impact for those in our community. This is a perfect example of someone going above and beyond […]
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The climate activist is the youngest choice ever to be named Person of the Year and one of the first with autism. Here is a video where you can learn more about her work and her discussing her Aspergers as an ‘advantage.’ Some self-advocates in our autism community consider autism as a gift. My autism
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This guest post is by Regal Noye, a young man on the autism spectrum who was diagnosed with autism at 2 and now has been accepted into University of Tennessee Chattanooga where he’ll be majoring in environmental studies. Regal is applying for the Spring 2020 Making a Difference Autism Scholarship via the nonprofit KFM Making a Difference started by
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This guest post is by Alexia Wilson, a young woman on the autism spectrum who was diagnosed with autism at 18-months-old and now has been accepted into University of Southern Indiana. Alexia is applying for the Spring 2020 Making a Difference Autism Scholarship via the nonprofit KFM Making a Difference started by me, Kerry Magro. I was nonverbal till
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This guest post is by Andrew Arboe, a young man on the autism spectrum who was diagnosed with autism 8 and now has been accepted into Charter Oak State College for Psychology. Andrew is applying for the Spring 2020 Making a Difference Autism Scholarship via the nonprofit KFM Making a Difference started by me, Kerry Magro. I was nonverbal
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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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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.
