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Practical Strategies for Supporting Mental Wellness of Teenage Girls and Women with ASD
Girls and women with autism are often hard to identify due to their polished rote social skills and internalized ASD characteristics. This presentation discusses clinical techniques to help support girls and women on the spectrum.
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To help aging parents who continue to be caregivers, a mother in Ontario is calling for more out of home respite care for autistic adults.
Thousands sign petition demanding more provincial help for families of people with autism
windsorstar.com
A Windsor woman on the verge of “caregiver burnout” has collected several thousand signatures in three days for a petition demanding Ontario provide funding to create more r...“I’m just feeling so helpless because nobody is willing to help my little boy, nobody is willing to help us.” Since her son was restrained and secluded at his elementary school, a Maple Ridge mother says he no longer feels safe attending school.
Son with autism restrained and secluded at school: Maple Ridge mom - NEWS 1130
citynews1130.com
The mother of 10-year-old boy with autism is demanding an apology after she says her son was inappropriately restrained and secluded at a Maple Ridge elementary school.Many people who have seen the Fantastic Beasts films believe the main character Newt Scamander is on the autism spectrum. Some autistic adults identify with him and are glad to see a neurodiverse hero. Your thoughts?
If You Thought Newt Scamander in 'Fantastic Beasts' Was Autistic, Here's What Eddie Redmayne Thinks
themighty.com
What do you think?
I thought so as well...
That was my first thought when I saw the character, and I loved all his traits, more more more I say =)
Dustin Nelson Steffie Wong Patrick Gares Manasir Hussain Kaye Esperat
Jennifer Rollins
Christine Rodriguez Johnson
A significant number of chiropractors in B.C. are refusing to comply with the instruction of their governing body to stop advertising that they can treat developmental disabilities such as autism, or serious diseases such as cancer.
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Fifty B.C. chiropractors have refused to remove misleading claims from their websites and Facebook pages and are now under investigation by their regulatory body.Special Needs Community Events
ACT lists workshops and conferences in B.C. related to autism and other special needs that are provided by local agencies and organizations.
View Community Events自閉症社區訓練協會 | ACT in Chinese
ACT 自閉症社區訓練協會，
是加拿大卑詩省內針對家有自閉症兒童的家庭提供諮詢及轉介服務的非營利機構。
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