In January of 2000, Holly Robinson Peete got the news that her son had autism — a moment that would never leave her mind. She looked for a silver lining in the diagnosis, regardless of the fact that the doctor had zero bed-side manner. He just listed the things RJ would 'never' do: talk, make friends, mainstream in school, participate in organized sports, etc., before laid something far more hurtful on her. He said she would NEVER hear him say the words 'I love you' unprompted.
All of this at just 3 years old.
Now, RJ is much older. He even checked ALL of those things off his list, and more, exceeding so many expectations… and Holly is now writing about the experience! Here's a bit of what she has to say:
Whoopi Goldberg thought that the roles she's played have had no real impact on anyone.
She thought that before this man stood up in the audience during an interview with her, and wanted to tell her his story about how her role on Star Trek helped him learn to socialize as a child… a child with autism!
We've never seen Whoopi so beautifully emotional like this!
This room must be really dusty, because we got something in our eyes! LOLz!
Autism seems to be a more and more common diagnosis- about 1 in 88 children is now affected!
Whether it's the problem that's increasing or just our awareness of it is unclear, but we do have some hope on the horizon. It may not always be a lifelong disorder!
According to a University of Connecticut study, some children actually grow out of it! Professor of psychology Deborah Fein says:
A new study just found that women who had the flu or ran a fever for more than a week while pregnant had a higher risk of their child being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
The study was based off a massive survey of almost 97,000 mothers!
We don't know why we have the question and exclamation parts because this isn't a question but rather a fact.
A schoolbus assistant of 48 year of age was caught on camera choking an autistic student as a punishment.
For what?
Who knows and who cares. You don't do that - EVER!!!
The weird part is that the district hasn't even fired the assistant, but rather they just moved him to a different district to torture some other student.
Captain Justice won't you please help?!?!
Ch-ch-check it out by clicking PLAY directly (above) !!!
Just hours after being arrested for reckless endangerment which occurred after the starlet allegedly chucked a bong out her window, Amanda Bynes is pleading her case to the court of public opinion!
Surprising absolutely no one, she sent out an unfocused tweet just minutes ago saying she never drinks or abuses drugs and that she definitely doesn't own a bong!!
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