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September 17, 2020

Autistic man is ‘a prisoner’ in Ottawa hospital

News In Brief
September 17, 2020

Ottawa, Canada - A heart wrenching news report by CBC News on March 11 has sparked fears for the welfare of 31 year old Nicholas Spagnuolo, an autistic man from Ontario who is confined to his hospital room, surrounded by security guards all day every day. T...

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September 5, 2020

Online Program Teaches Digital Literacy to Students with Autism

Laurel Joss
September 5, 2020

Michele McKeone is a special education teacher from Philadelphia who studied digital media as an undergrad. When she started teaching, she became concerned that many of her students were falling behind their peers in their ability to use the internet for every...

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August 10, 2020

International Women’s Day – How Women in the autism community should be celebrated

Jo Worgan
August 10, 2020

International Women's Day, Saturday March 8 - is a day which celebrates women all over the world, this has been a tradition since the early 1900's. Autism Daily Newscast believe that women involved in the autism community should also be celebrated and r...

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August 4, 2020

One Family’s Life with a Service Dog for Autism

Alix Strickland
August 4, 2020

Cry Worley, mom to Sasha who has autism and severe ADHD and is founder of the A.Skate Foundation, shared her story of living with a service dog for autism exclusively with the Autism Daily Newscast. Cry Worley’s son, Sasha, is 11 years old. Worley read ...

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July 26, 2020

Parents allege that their autistic son, 9 was raped at school

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July 26, 2020

Socorro Independent School District, El Paso, Texas - Parents of an autistic boy 9 say that their son was raped at school. The father, referred to as Javier to protect his privacy, says his son was raped at H.D. Hilley Elementary. He is reported as sayin...

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July 24, 2020

Severely autistic man allegedly mistreated by Police

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July 24, 2020

The family of a man with severe autism is alleging that police 'hurled him into bins and pinned him down because he looked suspicious.' Faruk Ali who lives in Luton, Bedfordshire was according to his family, abiding by his weekly routine of helping the bin me...

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July 18, 2020

Girl with autism excluded from school as they fail to meet her special educational needs

Jo Worgan
July 18, 2020

Bangor, Northern Ireland, Kirstie Greer, 16 has not accessed education for 2 years. This is because no school can cater for her special needs. Kirstie was diagnosed with dyspraxia when aged 3 and with with autism at 13. The Belfast Telegraph states that Kirs...

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June 29, 2020

Anna Kennedy Announces Autism’s Got Talent 2014

Jo Worgan
June 29, 2020

Anna Kennedy OBE has announced the Autism's Got Talent line up for 2014 - The popular show returns to The Mermaid Theatre on May 10. The show is created by Anna Kennedy OBE, her UK autism charity Anna Kennedy Online, and is supported by Pineapple Performing Ar...

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June 11, 2020

Young girl with autism meets Doctor Who actor, Peter Capaldi

Jo Worgan
June 11, 2020

The blog of 'amcherryfairy' - Autism Daily Newscast recently stumbled across this heartwarming blog from a mum describing how her two young daughters, Bernadette and Roxaan, met with the actor Peter Capaldi, who plays the television character, Doctor Who. ...

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May 31, 2020

A man with Asperger’s Syndrome starved to death after benefits cut

Jo Worgan
May 31, 2020

Bampton, Oxford - Mark Wood, 44, starved to death after his benefits were cut. Mr Wood was only left with £40 a week to survive on after most of his benefits, including housing were stopped. Atos Healthcare assessed that Mark Wood, from Bampton, was fit...

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