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“I want to take the risk. My brother is important to me.” That’s what Derek Hadley, a 31-year-old man with autism from Springfield, Oregon told the Lexington Herald Leader about donating a kidney to his 33-year-old brother Jeff. Jeff was born with Abdominal Muscular Deficiency Syndrome that caused a chain of birth defects including the […]
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Landon Johnson who is 6 and has autism went to the RiverTown Crossings Mall in Michigan with his family for a photo with Santa Claus. Landon’s mom Naomi told the Huffington Post, “He wanted to tell [Santa] that he has autism. He was flapping his hands, all excited to let Santa know.” Landon also thought
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WBTV 3 News, Weather, Sports, and Traffic for Charlotte, NC Carolina Panthers defensive lineman and NFC’s 2014 Defensive Player of the Year did something special for a 21-year-old fan with autism for her birthday. Jessica Hayes dream was to meet Kuechly and give him one of her famous hugs! Not only did Kuechly follow through
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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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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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James Williams, a hairdresser from Wales was struggling to find a way to cut one of his customer’s hair in Mason, a young child with autism. Mason who was diagnosed with autism just a few months ago has had a tough time due to sensory overload sitting in a barber’s chair and his family was
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Kate Middleton is advocating for children’s mental health awareness in a new PSA through the U.K. non-profit Place2Be. Middleton who is the most well known as the Duchess of Cambridge has a background in philanthropy work and has become a role model to many for her advocacy efforts. In the video Middleton also discusses the impact
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Daniel Mulligan, a 6-year-old boy with autism loves routines! One of those routines involved waiting for the trash man every Monday morning for trash pickup. Than one Monday a random act of kindness that happened to Daniel went viral… Manuel Sanchez, the Mulligan families garbage collector walked up to Daniel with a brown paper bag.
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“A great deal of my inspiration to become one of the first talk show hosts with autism in the country has come from your career…” On a brand new episode of the “Different is Beautiful Show” I shared an open letter that you can watch above that I originally wrote for The Mighty about how
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Broadway actor Kelvin Moon Loh has received national acclaim for his open letter he wrote after a boy with autism interrupted a performance of “The King and I” which Kelvin stars in. The boy was shouting and one member in the audience didn’t take kindly too the interruption. Kelvin wrote in his letter “When did
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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.
