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I am an Aspie. That is, I have Asperger’s Syndrome, an Autism Spectrum Disorder. When the Centers for Disease Control reports that 1 in 88 people have autism, most people probably think “Rain ...
Things are not as they used to be. I will not lie to you as people with Asperger’s syndrome are say-what-you-mean and ...
Local artist, nonprofit founder and businessman John Truitt is using art to raise awareness about Asperger's syndrome. Truitt, a native Texan who moved to Durango in 2016, was diagnosed with ...
Serious failings by senior managers allowed a teenager fascinated by necrophilia to murder an 18-year-old woman in a Bristol ...
Now in its tenth year, the festival will bring 70 exhibitors, a showcase of disabled performers and family-friendly ...
Melissa Mathieson, 18, was murdered by Jason Conroy at Alexandra House in Bristol, which provided care for adults with learning disabilities.
Maria Voisin, the senior coroner for Avon, said there was a ‘catalogue of failures’ that allowed Jason Conroy to strangle Melissa Mathieson ...
Devito's Circus, set up by David Devito, is the smallest touring Big Top circus in the country with just 175 seats and six ...
There any many beautiful romantic movies that involve characters with disabilities. These films not only set the narrative but also change the way people look at these conditions. This movie starring ...
Avon Coroner’s Court heard how Conroy moved to Alexandra House two months before the murder after trying to strangle a teacher at a residential school. He had also previously tried to kill his mother.
Support workers at a care home where a teenage girl was murdered by a fellow resident did not know about his history of predatory sexual behaviour, an inquest has heard.