AutismUGA

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Job Opportunity related to Autism in Athens: A family in Athens is looking for an undergraduate female student to work with a 15-year-old boy with autism and epilepsy. He is nonverbal but communicates with an iPad. You would learn how to facilitate some therapy (training included), watch their son, and help with some light housework. Specifically, this semester, they are looking for someone who is available on Wednesdays at around 11:00-3:00 (time is flexible). Opportunities... for more hours may also be available throughout the week. Hours and days are flexible and change every semester when your classes change. You can contact Stacey for more details directly by emailing [email protected]. You can also contact me, Naomi Levison, at [email protected] if you have any questions. Also, they have cats, so they are looking for someone who is not allergic.

Very informative video... though recent research suggests that the disparity between men and women with Autism is a result of girls going undiagnosed.

This April, the White House celebrates the Autistic community by being openly hateful and IGNORANT toward us. And Trump isn't the only one in power who crafts policy using misinformation. If these people talked about any other minority as "a DISEASE to be cured", it would be seen as HATE SPEECH. But until we, as a country, can unlearn all the dangerous myths surrounding Autism, and recognize it as more than a burden, we will live in fear of harmful legislation from uneducated leaders.