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People always Ask Me What’s “Wrong” with My Child?

From Good Housekeeping

The woman in the hardware store sauntered by our cart, stopped, and leaned in toward me. “Can I ask,” she said, “what’s wrong with your baby?”

https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/people-always-ask-whats-wrong-151441662.html

Video Shows Sensory Overload From the Perspective of a Boy on the Autism Spectrum

Elisabeth BrentanoBy Apr 01, 2016

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Editor’s note: The video in this article shows flashing lights, bright colors and loud, sudden noises, which some readers may find triggering.

Alexander Marshall, 10, of West Yorkshire, England, is the star of The National Autistic Society’s new Too Much Information campaign, and he’s featured in a short video that shows what sensory overload can be like.

Tommy Hilfiger Launches Adaptive Collection for Children With Disabilities

Tommy Hilfiger Launches Adaptive Collection for Children With Disabilities

Melissa McGlenseyBy Feb 23, 2016This article discusses a Disorder

 

Now, children of all abilities can wear Tommy Hilfiger clothing.
A nonprofit organization called Runway of Dreams worked with the brand to launch an adaptive version of select styles from its children’s line, which will be on sale startingTuesday.
Two children, one with a limb difference, wearing adaptable clothing

#hilfiger #fashion #special_needs #pws http://ow.ly/YEZrN

Hiring program opens more doors to peopl

 

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Unique Microsoft hiring program opens more doors to people with autism

Kyle Schwaneke’s bank account was approaching empty.

He’d been unemployed for a year and a half, since the indie game studio he’d been working for shut its doors. His parents, looking for ways to help while he job hunted, had paid the remainder of his apartment lease, but he’d reached the end of that, too.

Hiring program opens more doors to people with autism http://ow.ly/YtWgF

16 People With Autism Describe Why Eye Contact can be difficult

16 People With Autism Describe Why Eye Contact Can Be Difficult http://ow.ly/YmM1E

For some people on the autism spectrum, making eye contact can be a stressful, distracting and sensory-taxing experience. Far too often, though, outsiders view avoiding eye contact as “rude” or “antisocial,” when this isn’t the case at all.

I remember the visit I had from the midwife

I remember the visit I had from the midwife the day after we brought our son Alexis home from the hospital as clearly as anything. He was 4 days old and our first child. We had known for most of the pregnancy that he had a 50 percent chance of having Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), but we decided to continue without invasive genetic testing, knowing how desperately we wanted our baby boy regardless. He was born prematurely at 35 weeks, a tiny 4 pounds, 9 ounces, but perfect nonetheless. http://ow.ly/Y4W8Z

I Have Autism. Here Are the 5 Things I Want Parents to Know.

I Have Autism. Here Are the 5 Things I Want Parents to Know.

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(Photo: Alex Lowery)

I was diagnosed with classic autism when I was 4. I found the word a terrifying place. In some ways, it’s still a frightening place for me. But I have reached a point where I am a professional public speaker on autism.