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After months of defending her choice of casting the neurotypical actor Maddie Ziegler as an autistic character in…
Nov 19
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Jul 1
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Myka Stauffer, a lifestyle/mommy YouTuber who recently went viral for “rehoming” her adopted son Huxley, a toddler…
Jun 1
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Myka Stauffer—the Ohio mom blogger and YouTuber who last week posted a seven-minute long apology video alongside her…
Jun 20 2019
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It seemed virtually inevitable that I would be thrown out of AutismOne, a yearly conference that has been accused…
Jun 10 2019
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Generation Rescue, the charity whose public face and board president is actor Jenny McCarthy, and which promotes…
Mar 20 2019
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Camel’s milk. B12 lollipops. Hyperbaric oxygen chambers. “Ion-cleansing” foot baths. Chelation therapy. Gluten-free…
Oct 10 2017
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There has never been a film like Dina. The documentary, which won the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize prize at…
Jul 31 2017
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, autism is 4.5 times more common in boys than it is in…
Mar 19 2017
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A new muppet is joining Sesame Street’s ranks. Her name is Julia, and she has autism.
May 19 2016
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Last week, researchers at Johns Hopkins released a study that analyzed the relationship between levels of folate and…
May 2 2016
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Say you used to have a job at a large and well-respected nonprofit, one that advocates for people with a…
Apr 14 2016
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Robert De Niro appeared on The Today Show Wednesday to make it crystal clear that he personally supported the…
Apr 13 2016
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Robert De Niro appeared Wednesday morning on The Today Show to talk about the Tribeca Film Festival, and to defend…
Mar 26 2016
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After reaping a whirlwind of controversy over the past few days surrounding the screening of a film by…
Mar 25 2016
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Actor Robert De Niro, who cofounded the Tribeca Film Festival, has released a statement about the anti-vaccination…
Mar 22 2016
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This year’s Tribeca Film Festival will include a screening of a film by Andrew Wakefield, the former doctor who was…
Nov 8 2015
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On October 28, 2015, 13-year-old Jessica Pelligrini began choking on an apple during lunch. The emergency could have…
Oct 22 2015
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Sesame Street Workshop has added a new, autistic muppet named Julia to the gang. Julia’s addition is part of a progra…
Oct 7 2015
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There are two things that non-profit group Safe Minds—committed to “ending the autism epidemic”—doesn’t understand:…