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Autism

Campus Life News 

UW hosts second Annual Illuminating Autism Benefit Dinner & Auction

January 22, 2018January 20, 2018 Fajar Lodhi 277 ViewsAlpha Xi Delta Sorority, Autism, Autism Benefits Dinner & Auction, Kathryn Larson, Rebecca Ebsworth, UW Autism Center 2 min read

Jan. 27, University of Washington Autism Center will be hosting the second Annual Illuminating Autism Benefit Dinner & Auction. The

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News 

UW Autism Center partners with YMCA’s Camp Orkila

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 Sophia Sonovich 181 ViewsAPEX, Autism, Benjamin Aaronson, Chelsea Robinson, Chris Santa, UW Autism Center, YMCA 2 min read

During the Oct. 27–29 weekend, 17 families with special needs children joined the first Family Camp for Exceptional Families at

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Opinion 

Opinion: The crisis in autism research

April 17, 2017August 24, 2017 Ledger Staff 187 ViewsAutism, autism speaks, by Julianna Siemssen 3 min read

Autism Speaks, the world’s largest autism charity, wants to create a “spectrum of solutions” for autism. Similarly, MIT’s new $20

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Opinion 

Opinion: No, it’s not okay to kill your children

October 31, 2016September 5, 2017 Ledger Staff 214 Viewsableism, Attempted murder, Autism, by Julianna Siemssen, Issy Stapleton 6 min read

Many people called Kelli Stapleton “intense,” and she wore the label with pride. On her Twitter account, @Ragingblond, she frequently

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Opinion 

Opinion: Autism is less common than you think

October 17, 2016September 6, 2017 Ledger Staff 153 ViewsAutism, autism speaks, by Julianna Siemssen, fear mongering 5 min read

If you look up “autism rate” or any variations of that phrase online, you will find an answer: 1 in

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Opinion 

The (not-so) Wonder Years

January 27, 2014October 17, 2017 Ledger Staff 134 Viewsapplied behavioral analysis, Autism, care, child, development, formative 5 min read

The first of a three-part series on the care — or lack thereof — available for adults with autism By

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Opinion 

Watch, observe, never learn: Living college with Asperger’s

January 13, 2014August 28, 2017 Ledger Staff 132 ViewsAutism, diversity 2 min read

By Russ Davis For anyone who’s curious about Asperger’s, a primer of sorts is Ben X, a 2007 Belgian film

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