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With a single YouTube video, Alex, 16, has helped thousands of teens understand a complex disorder. (read more)

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – She’s a YouTube sensation and she stopped by Children’s Hospital to be part of a conversation about inclusion. (read more)

Alexandra Jackman, a teenager from Westfield, New Jersey, created a video to help educate her peers about autism. (read more)

WESTFIELD, NJ — The young autism advocate and Westfield High School junior who released a now acclaimed autism documentary has just released a Spanish language version (read more)

A Teen’s Guide to Understanding and Communicating with People with Autism has been translated into Spanish (read more)

Alexandra Jackman, a freshman at Westfield High School has been honored with a President’s Volunteer Service Award on behalf of President Barack Obama (read more)

In this blog, Alexandra Jackman discusses how to be a good friend to someone with autism. This blog originally appeared in the April 2015 issue of the OARacle newsletter. (read more)

We asked Alexandra Jackman, the teen who made the film “A Teen's Guide to Understanding and Communicating with People with Autism,” about life since the film and what she plans to do after high school. (read more)

Westfield High School 11th grader, Alexandra Jackman, received the Prudential Spirit of Community Bronze Medallion on April 25th. (read more)

Westfield teenager Alexandra Jackman recently created a video aimed to encourage teens to understand and accept those with Autism Spectrum Disorder. (read more)

Next in our series of individuals, using their skills to make a difference in the world, is 16 year old special needs and autism advocate, Alexandra Jackman. (read more)

During March, a video made more than two years ago by a then-Roosevelt Intermediate School eighth grade student took top honors at two film festivals. (read more)

Alexandra Jackman, left, 15, of Westfield, is pictured with her recent Hasbro Community Action Hero Award, one of several accolades for her short documentary, “A Teen’s Guide to Autism.” At right is Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner. (read more)

On February 9th at 8pmE, we go live on the air with Alexandra and Adrienne to discuss this incredible film and what they have learned about how teens relate to other teens and adults with autism once they are educated. We will be joined by two middle school girls who will watch the video for the first time and give us their reaction to what they have learned and if it changed their view of teens with special needs. (listen to the show)

 For Westfield High School sophomore, Alexandra Jackman, it all started with a random act of kindness. When she was eight years old, she noticed Jamie Davidge a wheelchair-bound child isolated and alone at lunchtime each day at camp. (read more)

Alexandra won the festival’s top honor: The Peggy Charren Award for Excellence, named for the pioneering woman who in the 1960s fought to make children’s television less overtly commercial. This high honor every year goes to a young person who uses the medium of film to make the world a better place.  (read more)

We’re excited to feature some tips for teens from Alexandra Jackman on what it means to understand autism and the perspectives of their peers with autism. You may remember Alex from last year, when we shared an exclusive interview from our BCBA Sam Blanco with Alexandra Jackman. (read more)

Our consultant Sam Blanco recently had the opportunity to talk with Alex Jackman about hervideo, A Teen’s Guide to Autism. Alex created this film when she was in eighth grade to educate high school students about autism. (read more)

Alexandra Jackman learned something important about the world when she was nine years old.  Now 16 and a high school junior in Westfield, NJ, Jackman was at a sleepaway family camp in Vermont that summer when she had an epiphany. (read more)

Adrienne Robertiello, Autism Educator at Children's Specialized Hospital and Board member of Autism Family Times with Brianna and student Alexandra Jackman of Westfield, NJ, who has created A Teen's Guide to Understanding and Communicating with People with Autism - aimed to encourage teens to understand and accept with peers who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) will be our guests on the next edition of Live From Trenton.

Alex Jackman, 14, has worked with children with autism spectrum disorder and other disabilities, and she has trained other youngsters to do the same.

But she wanted to reach more people, to open their minds and hearts to those they might find strange or off-putting.

So, last year, as an eighth-grader at Roosevelt Intermediate School in Westfield, when she was chosen to take part in the school’s Teddy Roosevelt Scholars program, she decided to make an educational video. (read more)

Westfield teenager Alexandra Jackman recently created a video aimed to encourage teens to understand and accept those with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

During Jackman’s time in the Teddy Roosevelt Scholars independent study program at Roosevelt Intermediate School last year (eight grade) she wrote and directed the video (read more)

Alex Jackman has been volunteering since she was 10. For Roosevelt Intermediate School student Alex Jackman working with children and teens will autism has been both a rewarding and eye-opening experience. (read more)

Folks at KidCompanions Chewelry Special Needs Blog were pleased to  receive the following press release from Adrienne Robertiello, Autism Educator at Children’s Specialized Hospital and Board member of Autism Family Times with Brianna. We congratulate Alexandra (Alex) Jackman for her volunteer work as a teen mentor working with teens and young children with ASD (read more)