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Posted Tuesday 3/31/20 at 12:53PM EDT
Fancy Nancy to feature an autistic character for World Autism Awareness Day
The Disney Junior series created an autistic character inspired by an 11-year-old autistic boy named George Yionoulis.
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Netflix's Atypical renewed for a fourth and final season
The Peabody-nominated coming-of-age comedy starring Keir Gilchrist as a teen on the autism spectrum will conclude its four-year run in...
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Posted Wednesday 11/20/19 at 9:02PM EST
Meet the artist behind Atypical's drawings
Like the Sam Gardner autistic character Keir Gilchrist plays, Los Angeles-based artist Michael Richey White is also on the spectrum.
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Posted Wednesday 8/07/19 at 1:40PM EDT
Sesame Street accused of "further" stigmatizing people with autism with its "Autism Awareness" PSAs
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network announced Monday it is cutting ties with Sesame Street because its new PSAs direct parents...
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Posted Thursday 6/13/19 at 1:44PM EDT
Autism drama The A Word is getting a U.S. remake
An American remake of BBC's The A Word, which premiered in 2016 and airs on SundanceTV and Amazon, is in...
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Posted Tuesday 4/02/19 at 12:16PM EDT
Hannah Gadsby discuss her autism diagnosis in her new standup show
Gadsby says she learned about her autism diagnosis before she put Nanette together, but she is now comfortable talking about...
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Posted Thursday 3/28/19 at 3:24PM EDT
Everything's Gonna Be Okay star Kayla Cromer discloses she's on the autism spectrum, like her character
“I have learned to trust the journey and this event is the perfect place for me to come out publicly...
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Posted Thursday 3/14/19 at 10:42PM EDT
Amazon orders Jason Katims pilot On the Spectrum, based on an Israeli TV series
The coming-of-age comedic drama follows three 20-something roommates on the autism spectrum.
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Posted Friday 4/06/18 at 4:27AM EDT
Sesame Street theme park is the first to receive a certification for autism and awareness training
Sesame Place staffers have been trained to interact with children with autism.
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The Good Doctor criticized for depicting autism as a disability "superpower"
Because Monday is World Autism Awareness Day, psychiatrists Christy Duan, Vasilis K.
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Posted Tuesday 10/17/17 at 11:32PM EDT
The Good Doctor is taking its time battling misperceptions about autism
The hit ABC freshman drama has shown so far that people with autism can have sexual feelings and that they...