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First Openly Autistic Florida Attorney, Haley Moss, Honored at Charity Gala: ‘The Hopes of so Many Rest on Her’

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By KATHERINE HIGNETT, NEWSWEEK When she hadn’t spoken by the age of three, doctors told Haley Moss’s parents she had autism. In January, twenty-one years after her 1997 diagnosis, she was sworn into the Florida Bar as its first openly autistic member. On Saturday, local autism charity Unicorn Children’s Foundation declared her a Youth Ambassador in recognition of […]
Entertainment

Berkeley disabled rights activist finds overdue spotlight in documentary ‘Hale’

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By Brandon Yu SAN FRANSISCO CHRONICLE At dusk on a recent Thursday afternoon, Hale Zukas is sitting outside of the Berkeley Public Library, having his photograph taken. Two twentysomethings walk by and ask what is going on before one of them notices Zukas. “Oh, I know him!” he says. “He’s real Berkeley. I’ve seen him […]