ONES COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) – Authorities say a 13-year-old autistic girl who was reported missing last night was killed by a dump truck. Jones County Sheriff Matt Wineman says shortly after 7:00 a.m. Maddie Benson’s body was found on 10 Mile Fork Road. The teenager, who had autism and nonverbal, was last seen around 10:00…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – During Autism Awareness Month, the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office is spotlighting a program designed to help deputies quickly locate missing residents with special needs. “Project Lifesaver” uses a tracking device worn on the wrist or ankle, each assigned a unique frequency. If a participant goes missing, deputies can track the signal…
When you finally receive a neurodevelopmental diagnosis that reflects your strengths and the challenges you face, it can be life-changing. But for people with both autism and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) – known colloquially as AuDHD – getting the right diagnosis can be difficult. People with AuDHD (pronounced awe-D-H-D) often find their traits and experiences don’t…
WACO, Texas (KWTX/Gray News) — School officials in Texas say an investigation is underway after a student with autism was reportedly left on a bus for several hours. Shannon Jennings Hernandez says her 11-year-old son Isaak has severe autism, but never misses a day of school because he loves having perfect attendance. However, he didn’t…
When one diagnosis becomes the whole story, autism can go unseen for years. Many people who are both autistic and have ADHD, sometimes called AuDHD, spend years being understood through only one lens. ADHD tends to be visible, recognizable, and identified first. And once it’s on the chart, it can become the frame through which everything else is…
The decision to remove more than 160,000 participants from the National Disability Insurance Scheme in just a few years will most significantly impact people with autism who are already being diverted from the scheme. Sweeping reforms that will remove some NDIS participants with low support needs, limit spending on social participation activities, and impose new…