April has been designated as “Autism Awareness Month” in the U.S. for nearly 50 years. But instead of just promoting awareness of the complex, lifelong developmental disability, advocates with the Autism Society of America (ASA) are now pushing for a change in the month’s name, turning it into a month…
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Blue Buckets Help Trick-or-Treaters With Autism on Halloween
Parents of children with autism are helping to ease their trick-or-treaters’ experience this Halloween by giving them blue buckets that symbolize they have autism or are nonverbal. Halloween can trigger many ways that kids with autism can become overwhelmed. Nonverbal children have difficulty saying “trick or treat” or “thank you,”…