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  2. Alexis Wineman - Wikipedia

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    Alexis Wineman is an autism advocate [1] who was named Miss Montana 2012. [1] She won the "America's Choice" award at the Miss America 2013 pageant [ 1 ] and is the first known autistic contestant to compete in the Miss America pageant.

  3. Chris Ulmer - Wikipedia

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    As a special education teacher, he taught students with autism, agenesis of the corpus callosum and traumatic brain injury. [2] With permission from his students’ parents, in the classroom Ulmer "began to film interviews with his students and post them on social media," [3] which attracted an online presence. After 12 months, Special Books by ...

  4. Tech Kids Unlimited - Wikipedia

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    Tech Kids Unlimited (TKU) is an NYC-based not-for-profit 501(c)(3) education organization that teaches computational thinking and technology skills to students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, learning and emotional challenges. The program emphasizes project-based learning along with Universal Design for Learning, explicit instruction, and other ...

  5. Parent 'saw red' after disabled students turned away from ...

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    The outing was a part of community-based instruction programs that serve students with autism and ... parent of a 9-year-old son with autism, previously told USA TODAY she "saw red" after being ...

  6. How Lockdown Fostered Success for Students With Autism ... - AOL

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    Last year, as the industry faced an unprecedented health crisis, Exceptional Minds, the L.A.-based nonprofit professional training academy and computer animation studio, was forced to pivot and ...

  7. What's been considered America's 'gold standard' of autism ...

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    Denise's son Logan was 27 months old when a neurologist at the prestigious Boston Children's Hospital diagnosed him with autism. He was smart and carefree but very rambunctious, more likely to ...

  8. Autistic Self Advocacy Network - Wikipedia

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    The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization run by and for individuals on the autism spectrum.ASAN advocates for the inclusion of autistic people in decisions that affect them, including: legislation, depiction in the media, and disability services.

  9. Local businesses, charities ramp up autism-welcoming efforts ...

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    Autism is diagnosed in about 1 in 36 children, and in an estimated 2.2% of adults nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which defines autism as a ...