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He couldn’t speak as a child. Now this autistic student is giving a commencement address

Teresa Watanabe

When Bruno Youn was 3 years old, his mother noticed something was off about her firstborn son. He could parrot what he heard. He could remember and recite poetry. But he could not string together words to communicate his own thoughts. She brought him in for testing and learned the truth: He had autism. “I could not cope with the idea,” said Josette Thompson, a Seal Beach physician. “I couldn’t have a child with autism. Never talk. Never have a job. Never get married. You lose all those dre ..

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 ..

Donald Trump will be a disaster for autistic people

Emily Willingham

Donald Trump has never been a fan of disabled people. He's got an obsession with the appearance of being "weak" or "crazy," was hyperfocused on the idea that Hillary Clinton had some kind of neurological disorder like epilepsy, which he clearly viewed as a sor ..

Autism Speaks no longer searching for a "cure" for autism

Melissa Dahl

Autism Speaks, a leading autism advocacy group in the U.S., has quietly made a small but potentially meaningful change to its focus: According to a new mission statement, it will no longer be seeking a “cure” for autism spectrum disorder. As reported late ..

My son's autism made me fearsome

Telegraph

On a hot September afternoon in 2001, my son was born. ‘My little boy,’ I said, and the words felt wonderful. I was 39 when I had George*. The pregnancy had been tricky, but here he was in my arms, rosy and beautiful. I assumed that motherhood would make m ..

How one entrepreneur refused to let his autism hold him back

Takara Small

Joe Steffy, who was born with down syndrome and later diagnosed with autism, was told he would likely never be hired for a normal day job. Officials at his school told him he would struggle to communicate, have a difficult time caring for himself, and likely a ..

The unexpected effect ‘Pokémon Go’ had on a boy with autism

Kimberly Yam

One boy with autism is catching ‘em all ― and discovering a new side of himself in the process. For Ralphie Koppelman, a 6-year-old who was diagnosed with autism, socializing can be uncomfortable. He has difficulty making eye contact and engaging in co ..

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