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An Illinois firefighter with Down syndrome who was forced to leave his department after enduring bullying at the hands of his coworkers has been offered his job back.
Published in 1994, the book chronicles the friendship of Jason Kingsley and Mitchell Levitz. The book was edited in part by Jason Kingsley's mother, Emily Kingsley.The stories were based on 50 transcripts of conversations where the two express their ideas on various issues including friendship, marriage, sexual relationships, politics, jobs, finance and independence from their families.
The social media trap of comparing yourself to others can trigger feelings of confusion, jealousy and inadequacy. That was certainly true for anti-bullying advocate Lizzie Velasquez, who found ...
A 2003 study found that children diagnosed with Asperger syndrome were more likely to be victims of violence than tormentors. [6] Violence against non-speaking autistic people is also facilitated by the fact that they are unable to talk about it and report it: [ 7 ] in general, the more a person is considered to be "in a weak situation", or as ...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), disabled people make up around 15% of the world's population. Disabled children are three times more likely to face violence than non-disabled children, and there is an approximate 50% increased risk of experiencing violence for adults with mental health conditions.
The theory of the double empathy problem is a psychological and sociological theory first coined in 2012 by Damian Milton, an autistic autism researcher. [2] This theory proposes that many of the difficulties autistic individuals face when socializing with non-autistic individuals are due, in part, to a lack of mutual understanding between the two groups, meaning that most autistic people ...
[4] The meta-analysis continues, "These patterns are remarkably robust, occur within seconds, do not change with increased exposure, and persist across both child and adult age groups." [ 4 ] This may be why autistic people have "smaller social networks and fewer friendships, difficulty securing and retaining employment, high rates of ...
First, I noticed that the article claimed that adults with Down Syndrome had the mental ability of 8- or 9-year-old children. I linked to articles by people with disabilities arguing against the use of ‘mental age’ to describe their disabilities. This implies that adults with Down Syndrome are ‘really’ children.