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How to use the word AUTISTIC in a Sentence?

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National Autistic Society's so important everyone sees autistic characters on our screens because there are 160,000 school-age autistic children in the UK and they want to see their stories told, national Autistic Society's also important that non-autistic children get insight and understanding into what National Autistic Society can be like to be autistic.

Tom Purser

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I have 100 percent confidence in the staff that they're doing everything they're supposed to be doing, but I know that kids who are autistic are not necessarily going to want to wear a mask, i don't know if those kids' parents are vaccinated or are they as diligent about following the CDC guidelines as we are.

Anmari Linardi

Found on CNN
3 years ago

My wife and I have three kids who are autistic and non-verbal, and we live with that every day, and my wife don't complain, and she don't make me feel bad about where we at in life.

Michael Walker

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

That's how technology innovation works, we have several tests happening right now, including our OnAir product which can be used many ways, including as an ultra Amber Alert where there is a fully immersive citywide search party to look for a missing child. This was used recently to return a lost autistic boy to his family in New York, while still in testing.

The Citizen spokesperson

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Knowing Jack is Autistic and nonverbal and is hypersensitive to loud sounds and crowds at times there were some concerns.

Lou Riolo

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Erin brought it to me, knowing Jack is Autistic and nonverbal and is hypersensitive to loud sounds and crowds at times there were some concerns.

Lou Riolo

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The phrase,' You don't look autistic,' I get that all the time, and I just want to say,' What does autism look like to you ?'.

Rachel Barcellona

Found on CNN
5 years ago

They destroy autistic people, you get LEDs, you ask someone to stop wearing perfume, and you make everyone better.

Tara Cunningham

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

People we don’t even know, we’ve never met, came and shared their personal stories, advocating for a little autistic boy they’ve never met yet, just to see the outpouring of support was really touching.

Mark Dyke

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It was a big deal, to me, when you go to a grocery store with an autistic kid, especially when Jack Ryan and Taylor're young, people don't understand, Jack Ryan and Taylor're not very accepting.

Jack Ryan Edwards

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Veterans do really well with equine-assisted activities. Same with at-risk youth. It gives them a lot of self-confidence. It gives autistic children a lot of self-confidence, too, it's also good for people that have motor disorders : cerebral palsy, tic disorders. I think it has a lot of ramifications for many different disabilities.

Carolyn Garver

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The fact that he was feeling compassion toward other people is huge because that’s not something that autistic kids have – that’s really hard for them to do, i feel truly blessed that he did this. He did this all on his own.

Patti Crockett

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I think as soon as we change( diagnostic) tools, maybe adapt them to... the girls' symptoms, that we will find more( autistic girls).

Christine Ecker

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Injury deaths in autistic adults are disproportionately due to asphyxiation and suffocation, and injury deaths in autistic children are much more likely caused by drowning, autistic children aged 14 years and younger are 40 times more likely to die from injury than the general pediatric population.

Guohua Li

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The risk of drowning in autistic children peaks at age 5 to 7 years.

Guohua Li

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Autistic children aged 14 years and younger are 40 times more likely to die from injury than the general pediatric population.

Guohua Li

Found on CNN
7 years ago

It's always been a heavily engineering-focused company, so it's fairly open, transparent and at times a little brutal because I guess we are a bunch of slightly autistic engineers who just want to do the right thing, it's always been' Let's agree what is the right thing to do driven by a certain amount of data', rather than it being about politics.

Mike Muller

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It was for them really because they're fascinated by the Eiffel Tower, the structure and the lights, being autistic, I think the lights is just the big wow factor for them...It's just something that they'll never do again.

Michelle Stevenson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The reality is that for a lot of autistic kids, normal family life is pretty chaotic. A group home might add a little bit of structure to the equation, it can also be beneficial to families who have got into a negative pattern with a child or are seeing aggressive behavior at home.

Brad Boardman

Found on CNN
9 years ago

There is no black and white dividing line between mild autistic traits and having a label of autism, and geeks and nerds in Silicon Valley, mild autism can provide some intellectual advantages and severe autism is a great handicap.

Temple Grandin

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There is not a flower or bird in sight, only a small screen on which lines are moving, while the child sits almost motionless, pushing at the keyboard with one finger. As a learning environment, it may be mentally rich, but it is perceptually extremely impoverished. No smells or tastes, no wind or bird song (unless the computer is programmed to produce electronic tweets), no connection with soil, water, sunlight, warmth, the actual learning environment is almost autistic in quality, impoverished sensually, emotionally, and socially.

John Davy

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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