First Autistic Miss America Contestant
” Alexis Wineman, Miss Montana, is to become the first autistic Miss America contestant. Wineman will make history on Saturday night when she takes the stage at the 2013 Miss America Competition, becoming the first autistic contestants to ever participate in the pageant. She told Fox she was diagnosed at the age of 11, with Aspergers, […]
“Experts brace for wave of autistic adults” from SF Chronicle
Article copied from: http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Experts-brace-for-wave-of-autistic-adults-3921071.php October 6th, 2012. Saturday Oct 06, 2012 9:38 AM PT Experts brace for wave of autistic adults Erin Allday Published 11:05 p.m., Thursday, October 4, 2012 Guido Abenes, 25, who is autistic yet making it on his own, heads into Peet’s Coffee on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley. “I’m resourceful,” he says. Photo: Liz […]