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Alexandra Jackman

Alexandra Jackman is a 2016 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award Recipient and the creator of the documentary “A Teen’s Guide to Understanding and Communicating with People with Autism.”

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How One Teen’s Chance Encounter Started an Autism Awareness Movement

This piece is part of a series of perspectives from Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award Recipients on their experiences in philanthropic work. While attending summer camp in 2008, I met Jamie, a young girl with Cerebral Palsy. I was at first nervous at the thought of speaking to Jamie, but soon worked up the courage…

By Alexandra Jackman Jul 13, 2016 | 2 min read

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