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The KAWC Student Newsroom explores what it means to be neurodivergent, and the ways neurodivergent folks navigate their experiences. —Funding for the KAWC Student Newsroom is supported by the Local News Initiative of Southern Arizona, a fund of the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, the Scripps Howard Fund, and generous individual local support.

Tanya Camarillo and Julio Sanchez are two of the founders of Offroad4Autism, a brand-new Yuma nonprofit born from a simple conversation between friends who saw a real need for better autism support in our community. We learned about the challenges Yuma families face, the mission behind Offroad4Autism, and their very first fundraising event happening December 6th.

The Yuma County Library District recently received $26,000 in assistive technology from the Arizona Secretary of State’s office. For the Arizona Science…