BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — More than five million adults between the ages of 18 and 65 in the United States are on the autism spectrum. In Florida alone, that number reaches roughly 320,000. Yet for many, finding steady employment remains a major challenge—about 80 percent are unemployed. Leer en español A South Florida family is…
Temple Grandin attends “How to Dance in Ohio” Broadway Opening Night on Dec. 10, 2023, at Belasco Theatre in New York City. Grandin will be speaking at two Eastern Washington events on Wednesday. (Getty Images) X Email Reddit By Nick Gibson [email protected](509) 459-5039 Inland Northwest residents will have a couple chances to hear from one of the…
Temple Grandin attends “How to Dance in Ohio” Broadway Opening Night on Dec. 10, 2023, at Belasco Theatre in New York City. Grandin will be speaking at two Eastern Washington events on Wednesday. (Getty Images) X Email Reddit By Nick Gibson [email protected](509) 459-5039 Inland Northwest residents will have a couple chances to hear from one of the…
A Georgia woman was arrested after she was allegedly seen on surveillance video stepping on a 5-year-old child at an autism therapy center. The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to WRDW that Aaniyah Brown of Augusta was charged with first-degree cruelty to children following the incident on Tuesday, April 28. Deputies were first dispatched to Circle City…
A Georgia woman was arrested after she was allegedly seen on surveillance video stepping on a 5-year-old child at an autism therapy center. The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to WRDW that Aaniyah Brown of Augusta was charged with first-degree cruelty to children following the incident on Tuesday, April 28. Deputies were first dispatched to Circle City…
Tyler Barnett.Credit : Tyler Barnett/TikTok For 42 years, Tyler Barnett tells PEOPLE he lived his life “feeling like an imposter.” Labeled “gifted” as a child and later diagnosed with anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder, the public relations specialist from Calabasas, Calif., spent decades trying to make sense of a brain no one, including himself, fully understood. It wasn’t…
Tyler Barnett.Credit : Tyler Barnett/TikTok For 42 years, Tyler Barnett tells PEOPLE he lived his life “feeling like an imposter.” Labeled “gifted” as a child and later diagnosed with anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder, the public relations specialist from Calabasas, Calif., spent decades trying to make sense of a brain no one, including himself, fully understood. It wasn’t…
Josh Heinz, community engagement manager with VGPS, poses for a photo with the supervisors after receiving the proclamation for Autism Awareness Month. (Alicia Ramirez/The Riverside Record) The Riverside County Board of Supervisors Tuesday started the meeting with a series of presentations, one of which recognized the efforts of Visit Greater Palm Springs (VGPS) to turn…
Josh Heinz, community engagement manager with VGPS, poses for a photo with the supervisors after receiving the proclamation for Autism Awareness Month. (Alicia Ramirez/The Riverside Record) The Riverside County Board of Supervisors Tuesday started the meeting with a series of presentations, one of which recognized the efforts of Visit Greater Palm Springs (VGPS) to turn…
Miami Autism Dad Victor Antunez interviews Commissioner Raquel Regalado, autism mom and Miami-Dade County Commissioner for District 7 on the Florida Neuroinclusion Toolkit, the first resource of its kind to gives counties, cities, and public agencies a playbook for building neuroinclusive communities. The conversation starts where it has to start, with the 2011 op-ed about…