Autism In Racing

Autism in Racing has teamed up with the National Autistic Society in an effort to help encourage autistic people to work in the racing industry. Autism-friendly racedays have been staged at a number of tracks and with the support of the Bloomfield Trust. According to recent figures from the Office for National Statistics, only 29 per cent of autistic people are employed. "I'm really thrilled that Autism in Racing and the National Autistic Society will partner up through their Autism at Work programme," said Bobby Beevers, founder of Autism in...

When you live within the world of autism, you have a special antenna for the word and its associations, a heightened sensitivity. It was on a late December evening that a horse called In Honor of Autism came onto this radar running at Golden Gate Fields. In fact, there were two runners in the silks of Johnny Taboada in the race, the other named Talk About Autism. Lo and behold, the former--a son of Stanford--won and my interest was peaked. I have a son, Dylan, who is non-verbal and, we...