Autism Awareness Month — helping those with the diagnosis feel seen, heard, and loved
April is Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month — a time to help those with the diagnosis feel seen, heard, and loved.
Stephanie Turner
Officers with Columbia PD undergo autism training
“Once you know one person with autism, you know one person with autism. No two of them are the same. So this gives officers kind of the view on the spectrum of autism, what their behaviors can look like in a crisis, and that it’s not necessarily malicious or the intent is to hurt themselves or others, but how can they de-escalate the situation on scene and help this person get to safety,” Turner says.
SC State Museum provides autism training to Summer Camp Educators
The classes are provided by the SC Department of Disabilities and Special Needs.
The South Carolina State Museum and the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs are teaming up to offer training to the museum’s Summer Camp Educators, hoping to better serve children with autism and other special needs.
