An Autistic Woman’s Success Story: Kaelynn Partlow, Therapist, Dog Trainer, and Star of the Hit Netflix Series “Love on the Spectrum”

• By: Sam Farmer Neurodiversity Community Self-Advocate, Writer, Author, and Public Speaker
• July 5th, 2023
• acceptance, actually autistic, courage, Love on the Spectrum, misrepresentation, netflix, raising awareness, service animals, Summer 2023 Issue, therapy, tv show, underrepresentation, unmasking
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Perhaps because of the stigma we are up against and how misunderstood we know we are, many in the autism spectrum community feel as though the entertainment industry has historically mis- and under-represented us. The autistic character of Raymond Babbitt from the popular Oscar-winning movie Rain...

Increasing Inclusion in Biomarker Research

• By: Adam Naples, PhD James McPartland, PhD Yale Child Study Center
• January 1st, 2022
• biomarkers, cognitive impairment, neuroscience, research, science, technology, underrepresentation, Winter 2022 Issue
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A new study being conducted by researchers in the McPartland Lab at the Yale Child Study Center is using technological advancements to bring biomarker discovery research to minimally verbal and cognitively impaired autistic individuals. These individuals have historically been underrepresented in...