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Margo Marie McManus

    Margo Marie McManus

    Margo Marie McManus is currently working as an intern for Autism Parenting Magazine. She is also a student and Writing Fellow at Clemson University, where she studies graphic communications and creative writing. Her interest in the special needs community and autism awareness was first peaked when assisting students in the Writing Center. She enjoys reading and writing poetry and has over 15 poems published in various magazines and anthologies, including Teenage Wasteland Review and The Chronicle.

    Greta Thunberg: Making the Most of Your Differences

    Greta Thunberg: Making the Most of Your Differences https://www.autismparentingmagazine.com/greta-thunberg-making-most-differences/

    In 2003, a girl named Greta Thunberg was born in Sweden. When that girl was eight years old, she first learned about the very real threat of global warming; a threat humans had caused with their own hands. At the same time, she was assured those hands could work to fix it. If we just […]

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    Multi-Talented Man with Autism Spreads Hope and Awareness

    Multi-Talented Man with Autism Spreads Hope and Awareness https://www.autismparentingmagazine.com/man-spreads-hope-and-awareness/

    Autism Warrior: Russell Lehmann Award-winning motivational speaker, poet, author, and advocate, who continues to overcome his personal struggles with autism to travel the world and share his knowledge, compassion, and hope. In 2003, eleven-year-old Russell was admitted to the psychiatric ward at his local city hospital and stayed for five weeks. Later that fall, he […]

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    Amazing Mom Raises ASD Acceptance With Bears and Blogging

    Amazing Mom Raises ASD Acceptance With Bears and Blogging https://www.autismparentingmagazine.com/amazing-mom-raises-asd-acceptance/

    Autism Warrior: Gemma Bryan Founder of Autism Aware Bears, a program that raises autism awareness through special stuffed bears found by or sent to families and kids, who are encouraged to share pictures of their adventures together on the AutismAwareBears Facebook page. Gemma is based in North Lincolnshire in the UK, where she lives with […]

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