New sensory kits designed to help Michigan police officers approach people with autism
Each department has different items in their kits
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Several Michigan police officers have a new tool to help them interact with people with autism.
Northville Township police patrol cars will not be equipped with sensory kits for when officers encounter with autism. The idea has spread to other agencies across the state.
“We wanted to give back to the community more than we already do now to go above and beyond for the special needs community as well,” said Officer Andrew Domzalski with the Northville Township Police Department.
Parents launch support group to help ‘neuro-diverse’ children
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Conditions include autism, Tourette syndrome and attention deficit disorder By Shannon Mullane Durango and Pine River Valley reporter
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 5:33 AM Stirling Scott, 7, plays at The Community Treehouse in Bayfield. Stirling and his mother, Angie Scott, often go to Parenting Information Exchange meetings at the nonprofit, which focus on resources for families whose children have special needs. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Parents launch support group to help ‘neuro-diverse’ children Stirling Scott, 7, plays at The Community Treehouse in Bayfield. Stirling and his mother, Angie Scott, often go to Parenting Information Exchange meetings at the nonprofit, which focus on resources for families whose children have special nee
EPA awards $400K to Wauwatosa company for tech development
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WAUWATOSA, Wis. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday, April 20 announced that It is awarding $400,000 to NanoAffix Science in Wauwatosa.
In total, the EPA is awarding $3.1 million to eight small businesses. The funding is being provided for the further development and commercialization of technologies that protect public health and the environment.
The technologies being funded, the EPA stated in a news release, are focused on clean and safe water, air quality monitoring, land revitalization and sustainable materials management.
According to the news release, NanoAffix Science is creating a handheld device for real-time, onsite detection of sulfur dioxide an air pollutant which can adversely affect respiratory and cardiovascular health in people.
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Stop, see us, listen to us and let us tell our stories. If we aren’t allowed to contribute, movies and shows will continue to make caricatures and stereotype-laden imageries out of us,” says 23-year-old Aatharva Sethumathavan, a person with Asperger’s Syndrome (a part of the autism spectrum), talking about the representation of people with autism in media.
As creatives across the globe continue to navigate through the path of looking beyond narratives of neurodiverse figures as either a blessing or tragedy, a part of media has presented those from the autism community with accuracy, it seems.
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