Links+to+good+articles+about+disability+culture

= ADDITIONAL ARTICLES ABOUT AUTISM AND SPECIAL NEEDS =



The Need for a Unifying Voice and Understanding of "Disability Culture"
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/opinion/sunday/becoming-disabled.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region

Erin Polk, non-verbal teen with autism, explains her sensory overload and meltdowns
https://www.autismspeaks.org/blog/2015/01/21/nonverbal-adult-shares-her-feelings-sensory-overload?utm_medium=text-link&utm_content=This%20Nonverbal%20Adult%20Shares%20Her%20Feelings%20on%20Sensory%20Overload%20&utm_campaign=mostpopular



"What To Do With Louie?" Feb. 2009 feature story about a young man from Elmhurst with Down Syndrome whose parents have no options for adult care
http://www.suntimes.com/news/steinberg/1418660,CST-NWS-stein08.article

The hardships and obstacles parents face when their disabled children grow up
Waiting Lists and High Costs Test Parents' Ability to Find Housing for Disabled Children By Chris Maul Rice, Chicago Tribune, Feb. 2001

3 Adults who were diagnosed later in life
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/27/471600733/when-an-autism-diagnosis-comes-in-adulthood

New law proposed to allow parents to use electronic monitoring in case their child wanders away
http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2014/01/28/senator-address-wandering/19052/



April 2009 column by Mary Schmich poses the question: What if Susan Boyle, the UK Idol Star who has Asperger's Syndrome, couldn't sing?
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Chicago Tribune article about the ELSA program at Elmhurst College
[|http://www.triblocal.com/Elmhurst/List_View/view.html?type=stories&action=detail⊂_id=58901]

Interactive New York Times investigative report about disabled men in Atalissa, Iowa
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Essay by a woman with Crouzon Syndrome, a disorder that causes facial disfigurement in utero
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/opinion/the-importance-of-facial-equality.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0

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