Autism Reads: From 'Don't speak for me' to autism twitterings

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Coming of age
What happens when children with autism turn 18?
Sara, author of Living with Asperger’s, writes:
Is he magically cured, or… does he die? You see, autistic adults exist, and there will “be” more of us in a very short time due to the increase in diagnoses made, which again is due to a better understanding [...]

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Autism Reads: From mainstream to moving out

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Education for Aspies and Auties
Sheila Schoonmaker, author of the Sheila Schoonmaker blog, writes about mainstreaming autistic students versus better education environments.
“Special needs classrooms are still in the mainstream environment. Those classrooms will not only never be built differently enough, they can never become customized for each Aspie student’s needs.”
She writes that there are Aspies who [...]

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