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Rates of suicidal ideation are the same for people formally diagnosed with autism and people who have typical intelligence and are believed to have autism but have not been diagnosed. [123] Although most people who attempt suicide are not autistic, [123] autistic people are about three times as likely as non-autistic people to make a suicide ...
One of our team members at Friends Life Community who has a sister with autism put it this way, “Autism acceptance means knowing and understanding that there are people that see and experience ...
Before 2015, John Elder Robison was the only autistic person ever to serve on Autism Speaks's board of directors. He later resigned in protest against the organization. [61] In 2015, Autism Speaks made a commitment to provide better representation by appointing two autistic people to its 26-member board of directors.
Autism Friendly sticker, indicating places accessible to people with autism. Employers rarely take measures to adapt workstations. [ 209 ] Specific adaptations for autistic people are often refused, [ 111 ] such as an individual desk rather than an open-plan layout , keeping office doors closed, or moving away from an elevator , on the grounds ...
To reduce barriers when traveling by air, the organization Wings for Autism introduces people on the spectrum to flying. Check out their calendar if there's an event in your area soon.
The years that followed after her diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder were filled with a revol. Just before our daughter’s second birthday, we started noticing that things were not okay ...
Autism rights activists say that "tics, like repetitive rocking and violent outbursts" can be managed if others make an effort to understand autistic people, while other autistic traits, "like difficulty with eye contact, with grasping humor or with breaking from routines", would not require corrective efforts if others were more tolerant.
"Having autism doesn't make someone a 'bad kid.'" Eric Ridenour's 3-year-old son Benjamin was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder last year. "It is really tough sometimes for our little guy ...