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Author: Michael Capone

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A Michael Jordan Fan With Autism Gets The Surprise Of His Life
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A Michael Jordan Fan With Autism Gets The Surprise of his Life

  • August 22, 2016
  • Michael Capone
  • Autism, Neurodiversity
A fan of Michael Jordan received gifts and a phone call from the sports legend after his video went viral.
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Woman With Down Syndrome Celebrates 75th Birthday
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Woman with Down Syndrome Celebrates 75th Birthday

  • August 12, 2016
  • Michael Capone
  • Down Syndrome, Neurodiversity
Cake, presents, and smiles all around, Frances Gillett celebrated her 75th birthday in a beautiful surprise party.
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Woman With Asperger’s Cycles 100 Miles For Awareness
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Woman with Asperger’s Cycles 100 Miles for Awareness

  • July 26, 2016
  • Michael Capone
  • Autism, Neurodiversity
In an effort to raise awareness for the autism community, a 47-year-old woman with Asperger’s has cycled more than 100 miles to raise money for the National Autistic Society.
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A Possible New Treatment For People With PTSD
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A Possible New Treatment for People with PTSD

  • July 20, 2016
  • Michael Capone
  • Depression, Neurodiversity, PTSD

The stories of the combat veterans unfolded in painful detail: how they cradled comrades as they died,…

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Teenager Documents His Dad’s Struggle With PTSD
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Teenager Documents his Dad’s Struggle with PTSD

  • June 22, 2016
  • Michael Capone
  • Neurodiversity, PTSD
Colorado teenager's film "After War," tells the story of his father's PTSD, and the impacts it had on family life.
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Neuroscientists Awarded $1m For Discovering Plasticity In The Brain
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Neuroscientists Awarded $1m for Discovering Plasticity in the Brain

  • June 13, 2016
  • Michael Capone
  • Neurodiversity, neuroplasticity
A decades-old notion about how and whether the brain can change in response to experience has been overturned by the research of three neuroscientists.
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Actors With Down Syndrome Perform At Chicago Shakespeare Theater
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Actors with Down Syndrome Perform at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

  • June 3, 2016
  • Michael Capone
  • Down Syndrome, Neurodiversity
The troupe aimed to prove naysayers wrong when they took the stage at Chicago’s Shakespeare Theater for a production of Twelfth Night- and they did.
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Soldiers Climb Mount Everest For PTSD
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Soldiers Climb Mount Everest for PTSD

  • May 22, 2016
  • Michael Capone
  • Neurodiversity, PTSD
The nonprofit organization U.S. Expeditions and Explorations, or USX, works to shed light on the battle veterans experiencing PTSD face each day, and has assembled a team of active duty soldiers that are about to climb Mount Everest.
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Music Helps Kids With Down Syndrome Realize Dreams
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Music Helps Kids with Down Syndrome Realize Dreams

  • April 24, 2016
  • Michael Capone
  • Down Syndrome, Neurodiversity
Two young people with Down Syndrome recently found their dreams coming true through love of music- one through a viral dance video, and another through a famous rock star.
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10 Athletes That Support Autism Awareness
Blog Neurodiversity

10 Athletes That Support Autism Awareness

  • April 1, 2016
  • Michael Capone
  • Autism, Neurodiversity
From baseball to hockey, football, golf and even Olympic weightlifters, there are a number of well-known people who have chosen to write or speak about members of their family whose brains are a little bit different.
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Circus Caters To Audiences With Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Neurodiversity News

Circus Caters to Audiences with Autism

  • March 14, 2016
  • Michael Capone
  • Autism, Neurodiversity
When you think of a circus, you think of the wild events, strange lights, and the scents of food and animals, all that comes with it—but rarely would you imagine a child with autism-related hypersensitivity being able to tolerate it.
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9 Year Old With Dyslexia Writes Book On Relativity
Dyslexia Neurodiversity News

9 Year Old With Dyslexia Writes Book on Relativity

  • February 27, 2016
  • Michael Capone
  • Dyslexia, Neurodiversity
At only nine-years-old, a bright child and author, Denim Padberg, has released a quantum physics guide, called “How Relative is Relativity? An 8-year-old’s Guide to Quantum Physics,” explaining his theories on black holes and the birth of the universe.
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Entrepreneur With Down Syndrome Starts New Business
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Entrepreneur With Down Syndrome Starts New Business

  • January 27, 2016
  • Michael Capone
  • Down Syndrome, Neurodiversity
Blake Pyron is about to become the youngest business owner in Sanger, Texas, and maybe even the only business owner in the state with Down Syndrome.
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New Studies Suggest Yoga May Help Women With PTSD
Neurodiversity News Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

New studies suggest yoga may help women with PTSD

  • January 1, 2016
  • Michael Capone
  • Neurodiversity, PTSD
Women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are responding better to yoga as a therapy than traditional methods involving medication and cognitive behavior therapy, according to recent studies.
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Hockey Player Talks About Living With Asperger’s And ADHD
ADHD Asperger's Syndrome Neurodiversity News

Hockey Player Talks About Living With Asperger’s and ADHD

  • December 30, 2015
  • Michael Capone
  • ADHD, Asperger's syndrome, Asperger's Syndrome (ASD), Neurodiversity
People with Asperger’s syndrome are often uncomfortable enough in day-to-day social situations- let alone in the fast-paced action of an ice hockey ring.
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Movie Theater Employees Give One Boy With Autism An Enjoyable “Star Wars” Experience
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Neurodiversity News

Movie Theater Employees Give One Boy with Autism an Enjoyable “Star Wars” Experience

  • December 28, 2015
  • Michael Capone
  • Autism, Neurodiversity
Thanks to a friendly movie theater crew, a boy was ensured that the force was with him during the recent Clarksville, Tenn., premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
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New Tool Could Help Children With Autism Develop Language Skills
Asperger's Syndrome Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Neurodiversity News

New tool could help children with autism develop language skills

  • December 19, 2015
  • Michael Capone
  • ASD, Autism, Neurodiversity
With the goal of creating a device to help children on the autism spectrum develop language skills, determined Purdue engineer James Gerber and his team of engineers are close to bringing this device to reality.
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