‘I couldn’t make art without her’: Sia once again defends her decision to cast Dance Moms star Maddie Ziegler as an autistic teen in debut movie Music, after facing backlash for not using an actress with the disorder Sia once again defended her decision to cast former Dance Moms star Maddie Ziegler, 18, in the … Read more
Autistic four-year-old who was locked in his own silent world is turned into a confident chatterbox thanks to a cocker spaniel named Fern By Lucy Harvey For The Mail On Sunday Published: 01:15 GMT, 27 December 2020 | Updated: 01:15 GMT, 27 December 2020 The four-year-old has now turned into a confident chatterbox thanks to … Read more
‘It’s not a documentary!’ Sia defends her decision to cast Maddie Ziegler as an autistic teen in her debut movie Music, after facing furious backlash from critics The 44-year-old Chandelier singer spoke out about her decision to cast former Dance Moms star Maddie, 18, in the role of an autistic teen named Music In the … Read more
Christmas-mad family turn OFF jaw-dropping festive display that took 11 months to create after enraged neighbours reduced his autistic daughter to tears in row over parking Darren Lucas, 54, spent 11 months creating the festive Christmas light display Row erupted over parking on their street in Govilon, Abergavenny, South Wales He said neighbours hurled abuse and … Read more
An autistic schoolboy spends hours painstakingly drawing detailed cityscapes using his photographic memory of places including London, Paris and New York. Talented artist Alex Baker, 11, creates intricate pictures of towns and cities, which are perfectly in perspective. Alex, who is autistic, has been drawing since he was just two years old and his photographic … Read more
Singer Sia has hit back at critics after coming under fire for failing to cast an autistic actress in her debut movie Music, a film about a girl with the condition. The film, which comes out in February 2021, has been met with criticism due to the casting of dancer Maddie Ziegler, with whom Sia has … Read more
A ‘heartbroken’ mother has told how her adoptive son tricked his autistic younger brother into accessing material about Islamic State before turning him into the police as an ‘act of retaliation’. The boy, then 17, goaded his sibling to make a dossier of information about the terrorist group using the dark web – a part … Read more
A teen has been jailed for life for stabbing his autistic best friend to death with a kitchen knife during a row. Trent Hutchinson, 17, plunged a knife into the back and skull of 18-year-old Ollie Wells outside his house, a court heard. The young killer, who was said to have had a ‘fascination with … Read more
‘He’s s*** at maths!’: Autistic comedian brings the house down with hilarious routine about living with his non-autistic brother Joe Wells performed the sketch at the Top Secret Comedy Club in London He said brother is ‘very severely not autistic’ and has ‘all the symptoms’ The comedian joked his brother loved ‘making eye contact’ and … Read more
Cats may make better pets for children on the autistic spectrum because they don’t hold eye contact as long as dogs, according to a new report. Scientists in France studied autistic children as they interacted with their pets and found dogs exhibited more sustained gazes, while cats produced an equal percentage of glances and gazes. … Read more