{"id":404020,"date":"2026-07-19T01:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T01:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/404020\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T01:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T01:57:13","slug":"san-jose-teen-turns-origami-into-learning-tool-for-neurodivergent-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/404020\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose teen turns origami into learning tool for neurodivergent children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Leon Le is a typical 17-year-old San Jose high school student who plays video games \u2014 except he founded an initiative called <a href=\"https:\/\/foldedu.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/foldedu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">FoldEDU<\/a> that teaches origami in part to neurodivergent children, published a picture book called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Emma-Journey-Paper-Crane-Color\/dp\/B0GS9YP3T2\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Emma-Journey-Paper-Crane-Color\/dp\/B0GS9YP3T2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Emma and the Journey of the Paper Crane<\/a>, and partnered with the Bolivian Origami Society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wearing a white and teal pleated shirt reminiscent of origami folds, Le explained how the thousands-year-old paper-folding craft also helped him.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sign in to read this story and receive the weekly roundup in your inbox. <\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to manage your account.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/author\/josephine-tsai-bay-city-news\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784426233_52_.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-120 photo avatar-default\" height=\"120\" width=\"120\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A graduate student at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism in New York City and a retired physician, Josephine brings a unique perspective to health and science reporting. She&#8217;s also eager to expand her skills in audio journalism and long-form storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/author\/josephine-tsai-bay-city-news\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Josephine Tsai, Bay City News\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leon Le is a typical 17-year-old San Jose high school student who plays video games \u2014 except he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[3793,162077,162078,15,968,162079,162080,147037,74633,88,90,89,198,136254],"class_list":["post-404020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-autism","tag-bolivian-origami-society","tag-developmental-disabilities","tag-education","tag-equity","tag-foldedu","tag-leon-le","tag-neurodivergent","tag-origami","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-special-needs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}