Sentences with phrase «time autistic people»

Every time autistic people are forced to make arguments like the one I'm making right now, it depletes energy (or «spoons») that we could otherwise apply to advocating for ourselves in more constructive ways — or simply getting through another day.

Not exact matches

The two hit it off, and soon after they teamed up at MIT's Media Lab, armed with a near - million - dollar National Science Foundation grant, to prototype a sort of emotional hearing aid for autistic people — essentially a wearable camera that scanned people's facial expressions to interpret social cues, in real time, for the person wearing the device.

The center was created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in response to a New York Times expose of the treatment of autistic and severely disabled people in the state's care.

Autistic people have a difficult time figuring out what other people are feeling.

If people put even half of the time, money, and activism into helping autistic people that they do into chasing conspiracy theories, it could change and save lives.

Other people began watching the lessons and sending Khan adulatory notes («First time I smiled doing a derivative,» wrote one) or thanking him for explaining fractions to an autistic son.

When I tell people she is autistic, they have a hard time because she does look at them, talk to them, and ask questions.

«When I tell people she is autistic, they have a hard time because she does look at them, talk to them, and ask questions,» said Hamilton - Rohe.

Therapy animal handlers can tell many compelling stories of the powerful effect of their work: people in memory care that talk to the therapy animal after months of silence, a child in the hospital that doesn't appear to feel pain while the animal is visiting, autistic children who speak for the first time after petting a therapy animal.

One of them is that in 1988, most people in the world who had never seen an autistic adult saw one for the first time.