And my son is 13. He's one of two kids. He's -- my daughter's 10. He has Down syndrome and is autistic. He is, I guess, what the professionals call functionally nonverbal. We try to do the assignments that we can do. And we look for the ones ...
... they're just going to have to be a little bit more independent and do things on their own. Aaron Warner: With my son being autistic, it -- a lot of times, there are these things where I can't just be like, hey, you know, here's a math worksheet ...
Pete Townshend: My daughter Aminta, for example, has got a full spectrum autistic boy. And when we worked out how much it would cost to get him through education, it came to a million pounds. And I employ people and the band employs people. And it's great to be ...
... a gay man in 2015. Buttigieg regularly mentions Iowa teenager Bridgette Bissell, who described the courage she took from meeting him to announce she was autistic. Similar moments, Buttigieg says, prompted him to build his campaign around repairing Americans' sense of connectedness. In Waterloo recently, local organizer Caitlin Reedy introduced ...
... just never really stuck with people. I was first diagnosed when I was 3, although I was completely oblivious to the fact that I was autistic, until my parents told me when I was about 11 or 12. I'm no longer classified as it, but I felt, because I ...
... Well, one of the examples I use is that my wife right now is at home with our two young children, one of whom is autistic. And right now her work is not considered a job by the marketplace or by GDP or by our economic measurements. But we all ...
Man: Awesome. Paul Solman: Shawn McKelley explained that he was autistic. Man: And it's really hard to, as an autistic person, to get a job where people treat you the same as other people, and not treat you as this delicate little flower. Paul Solman: Alexia Petronis has wrestled ...
... mean, the stories are just epic and stories of heroism. I spoke with a school bus driver who was stranded with a 7-year-old autistic boy for hours. Ultimately they got out safely too but it's just terrifying for people out here. HARI SREENIVSAN: Is this area now ...
TOMMY HILFIGER: I learned through having children with special needs that autistic children sometimes don't necessarily have the dexterity to button buttons and zipper and zippers. And we are very well aware of the fact that wearing something great affects your self-esteem. MEGAN THOMPSON: The line is called ...
... mental health Oliver's wife also testified, saying in Spanish through an interpreter that she was concerned about their 3-year-old son, who is autistic. But the ex-officer's half sister took the stand against him, saying she felt compelled to do so after listening to testimony during ...
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