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Now Canada is euthanising autistic people
A judge in Canada has ruled that a woman with autism can be granted her request to die by assisted suicide, overruling efforts by the woman’s father to halt the deadly procedure. In a decision this week, Justice Colin Feasby of the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta said the 27-year-old woman, identified in documents as …
UK Police Arrest Autistic Girl for Pointing Out Officer Looks Like a Lesbian
by Chris Black I hate that it’s come to this, but it must be said: autistic people are a threat to our democracy. They’re not who we are. We’re not a bunch of autistic freaks. An autistic girl was dragged out of her home by multiple police officers Her crime? Telling a cop that she …
Indiana teacher forced autistic student to eat his own vomit.
One of two licensed teachers police say were involved in forcing a 7-year-old special-needs student in Brownsburg to eat his vomit has voluntarily revoked her Indiana teaching license, KTLA sister station WXIN reports. Sara Seymour, a 27-year-old former Life Skills teacher at Brown Elementary in Hendricks County, was previously terminated at a Brownsburg Community School …
85% of autistic adults with college education are unemployed
via EBN: The conversation around fostering inclusive experiences in the workplace has to extend to neurodivergent talent — and it starts with equitable hiring practices. At least 85% of autistic adults with a college education are unemployed, according to 2023 statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor. In fact, of the estimated 477,000 job applicants that …