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Autism rates rise in U.S., along with awareness in communities of color
Autism in Arizona and across the U.S. is on the rise, as awareness has led to earlier detection in communities of color, health experts with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
Activists: doctors’ biased behavior toward autistic adults taints treatment
Doctors often show bias toward autistic adults, demonstrating skepticism about their autistic identity, using ableist language or failing to recognize autistic people may react differently to sensory stimuli like pain, activists say.
ESA parents complain about mid-year changes
Two months in, Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) parents say the program is at risk of imploding.
Transportation for autism students shouldn’t be this hard
As Arizona’s first and only autism-focused public charter school, we’ve encountered many unnecessary and bureaucratic obstacles throughout the years that prevent students from receiving the service that best meet their... […]
Dem bill adds autism to list of medical marijuana illnesses
A state lawmaker is seeking to force state health officials to do something they have previously rejected: allow the use of medical marijuana to treat autism.
New state law limits when schools can use restraint, seclusion
A 2014 report by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights found that students covered by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act were disproportionately restrained and secluded.
Entrepreneurships the answer for some with autism
When Matt Cottle asked his boss to let him work in the supermarketai??i??s bakery, she told him heai??i??d never do anything more than collect grocery carts.
