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Autistic respondents were more than twice as likely to say they had been the victim of rape and over three times as likely to report unwanted sexual contact. [11] In 2018, a large scale study found that autistic girls were almost three times more likely to be a victim of sexual abuse compared to non-autistic girls. [12]
Michelle Cedillo v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, also known as Cedillo, was a court case involving the family of Michelle Cedillo, an autistic girl whose parents sued the United States government because they believed that her autism was caused by her receipt of both the measles-mumps-and-rubella vaccine (also known as the MMR vaccine) and thimerosal-containing vaccines.
A reasonable accommodation is an adjustment made in a system to accommodate or make fair the same system for an individual based on a proven need. That need can vary. That need can vary. Accommodations can be religious, physical, mental or emotional, academic, or employment-related, and law often mandates them.
Cumberland County Christian School is already at capacity for the 2023-24 school year with 125 students, but Respus is opening a new school to specifically serve children with mild to moderate autism.
The Combating Autism Act of 2006 (Public Law No: 109-416) is an Act of Congress public law that was passed by the 109th United States Congress (Senate Bill 843) and was signed into law by President of the United States George W. Bush on December 19, 2006.
Morénike Giwa Onaiwu is an American educator, author, and autism and HIV advocate. [1] [2] Alongside E. Ashkenazy and Lydia Brown, Onaiwu is an editor of All the Weight of Our Dreams, an anthology of art and writing entirely by autistic people of color published by the Autism Women's Network in June 2017.
The Autism Act 2009 (c 15) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act makes provision about the needs of adults who have autistic spectrum disorders including autism and Asperger syndrome .
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