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Singer Sia has hit back at critics after coming under fire for failing to cast an autistic actress in her debut movie Music, a film about a girl with the condition. The film, which comes out in February 2021, has been met with criticism due to the casting of dancer Maddie Ziegler, with whom Sia has … Read more
Waitrose has apologised to an autistic boy after ‘cruel’ staff at a store ‘made fun of his mannerisms and looks’ because he was wearing a wig to help him cope with being in public. Paul Rowles, 12, had dressed as his favourite video game character to go shopping at the Chantry Centre in Andover last Monday … Read more
Moment police officers ‘grabbed’ terrified autistic man outside his grandmother’s house in case of ‘mistaken identity’ Mohammed Awais Khan, 20, was visiting his grandmother in Handsworth As soon as he arrived at the house, police officers jumped out of a van Three officers tried to grab him before two others arrived to help in the … Read more
A ‘heartbroken’ mother has told how her adoptive son tricked his autistic younger brother into accessing material about Islamic State before turning him into the police as an ‘act of retaliation’. The boy, then 17, goaded his sibling to make a dossier of information about the terrorist group using the dark web – a part … Read more
Mum who can’t find her autistic son’s favourite food calls the company that makes them in desperation – and their response will warm your heart Leanne Page, 40, from Morayfield, QLD, could not locate her son’s favourite food Her autistic son Tyler, three, will only eat Keith Foods’ Mini Dagwood Dogs She called the Gold … Read more
A teen has been jailed for life for stabbing his autistic best friend to death with a kitchen knife during a row. Trent Hutchinson, 17, plunged a knife into the back and skull of 18-year-old Ollie Wells outside his house, a court heard. The young killer, who was said to have had a ‘fascination with … Read more
‘He’s s*** at maths!’: Autistic comedian brings the house down with hilarious routine about living with his non-autistic brother Joe Wells performed the sketch at the Top Secret Comedy Club in London He said brother is ‘very severely not autistic’ and has ‘all the symptoms’ The comedian joked his brother loved ‘making eye contact’ and … Read more
Cats may make better pets for children on the autistic spectrum because they don’t hold eye contact as long as dogs, according to a new report. Scientists in France studied autistic children as they interacted with their pets and found dogs exhibited more sustained gazes, while cats produced an equal percentage of glances and gazes. … Read more
Unarmed autistic boy, 13, is shot by Salt Lake City cops multiple times while he was ‘having a mental breakdown’ over his mom returning to work post-lockdown Golda Barton called police for a mental health crisis intervention team on Friday She said she told officers that Linden Cameron was unarmed when they arrived Police told … Read more
Council ‘offered father of autistic boys £100k to move out of county’ Tom Browne claims Kent County Council offered him £100,000 in cash He said it came after he made a complaint about the support offered to his sons The council said it made the offer as it understood the family wanted to move By … Read more