Working to understand the experience of living with autism
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The Spectrum Project retweeted
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The Spectrum Project retweeted
*** ULTRA Testing is Hiring! ***
Join our innovative team and work from home as a software tester!
#autism hiring initiative
70% of our team members are #neurodivergent, including the lead job recruiter/community manager
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Police in Rockville, GA tased
an autistic teen last week. This happens much too frequently, especially for autistic PoC. It's time for better police training and more accountability.
11alive.com/article/news/loc…
A new study shows that India is much more neurodiverse than previously thought... spectrumnews.org/news/study-…
While it would be preferable if society was more accepting of neurodiverse people, it's great that Taylor Duncan didn't let society stop him from doing what he loves... wusa9.com/article/news/local…
An interesting look at gamified intervention for autistic adults that seems to be working. spectrumnews.org/news/games-…
Good on @journalautism for listening to the #autism community and getting rid of the puzzle piece from their logo. disabilityscoop.com/2018/02/…
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The Spectrum Project retweeted
Newly released TEDx talk I gave about how wrong I was as a professional working with autistic individuals ... m.youtube.com/watch?feature=…
Another story of #autistic people exercising creativity and making awesome products with a little adaptation from their employer rappler.com/move-ph/188307-h…
"Adults with Autism want input on community services" Yeah, of course. Story should be that they don't have enough input.
winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/adults-w…
An #autistic actor is starring in a stage adaptation of CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME. nytimes.com/2017/11/06/theat…
We are interested in learning more and expanding these services. Anyone have any success stories or programs we should know about? #autism
There are great programs designed to help #autistic students survive college and colleges accept students with autism, but not enough.
Services for teens and adults with #autism are generally lacking. College success shouldn't be so elusive.
statepress.com/article/2017/…
Neurodiversity getting a mention in the subhead of an article on Entrepreneur. Autistic employees help biz succeed entrepreneur.com/article/302…
Another story about #autism and the police from Ohio. Hopefully more departments will start training to avoid this-
abc15.com/news/local-news/in…
We've seen too many situations where mostly young autistic men have bad run ins with police who don't understand autism.
Police in Ohio have the opportunity to train on recognizing and responding to folks w/ #autism nbc4i.com/2017/10/24/police-…
The Spectrum Project retweeted
How Trump's Secretary of Education is harming the education of students with disabilities. psmag.com/education/betsy-de… – at San Francisco, CA
Shocking (/sarcasm) Another study linking vaccines to #autism is being retracted for using fake data/bad science arstechnica.com/science/2017…