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Man with autism stunned when community buys him a new bike

Boyd Huppert

When he's gripping the handle bars of his three-wheeled bike, one of the best parts of Ty Burch is occupied. It’s best to wait for him to stop. That’s when Ty can free up his waving hand. Waving and biking, Ty does both passionately. “It's what I'm mostly good at,” Ty says of his daily rides around town. Jenny Edwards, Ty's mom, agrees. “He loves riding his bike. He just likes to go.” It’s why Jenny’s heart is so full. Her 20-year-old son is back on his bike for the first time ..

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"You would always have my back": Brothers with autism navigate life together

Liyna Anwar

Brothers Russell, 28, and Remmick Wadsworth, 27, have autism. As kids, they had trouble with social interactions, so they often relied on each other for support during tough situations. Now, as the siblings navigate the working world, they're still looking out ..

Adults with autism deserve better than this

Alice Thomson

It’s hard not to love Lauri Love. When I interviewed him a year ago he arrived at King’s Cross nearly two hours late, having taken a train from Cambridge in the wrong direction, dragging a shopping trolley for his vast speakers, wearing a bobble hat and sh ..

What dating an autistic man is like

Matthew Rozsa

When you have an invisible disability, the first challenge is getting other people to believe you — to encourage them to express empathy for someone else. After that, though, you need to learn to listen to how your disability may negatively impact them — t ..

Brotherly love beyond words

Matt Hayes

The cameras won't follow his every move, and the broadcast team won't talk incessantly about his NFL future. They won't gush over an All-American season or constantly replay Heisman moments or embarrassing antics. DaeSean Hamilton will just play football fo ..

Father and son with autism connect through drawing and art

Lindsay Richardson

For the first few years of his life, Ellis Goldsmith was silent. His parents thought he was “acting deaf”—closed off and unresponsive, unable to connect with those in his immediate circle, Ellis was not developing at the same rate as other children i ..

Tennis player with autism slices up the competition

Natalie Angley

Brittany Tagliareni is not your typical tennis player. Before a match, she needs help tying her shoes and putting her hair in a ponytail. But none of that matters once she steps on the court. The sport has opened up a whole new world for the 26-year-old ..

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"Perfectly Normal": Autism though a lens

Eli Gottlieb

At the halfway point of “Perfectly Normal,” the artful short documentary about a man with Asperger’s syndrome, there is a rare filmic experience of the sensory overload of autism. For about a minute, as Jordan, the articulate middle-aged subject of th ..

The hidden link between autism and addiction

Maia Szalavitz

Shane Stoner’s addiction began in 2008. He lost a factory job, his parents divorced, his father died—and then a relative introduced him to heroin. “I felt like heroin gave me confidence,” Stoner says. “I could get out of bed in the morning and do the ..

Autism researchers discover genetic 'Rosetta Stone'

Science Daily

Distinct sets of genetic defects in a single neuronal protein can lead either to infantile epilepsy or to autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), depending on whether the respective mutations boost the protein's function or sabotage it, according to a new study by U ..

Couple builds a community for their adult son with autism

Allison Slater Tate

Debra Caudy's youngest child, Jon, was diagnosed with moderate to severe autism when he was four years old, and her life changed forever. Now, her family is trying to change the lives of others living with autism. At the time of Jon's diagnosis, Caudy was ..

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