• How an elite music school is increasing access for students with disabilities

    How an elite music school is increasing access for students with disabilities

    Sep 06, 2023 10:15 PM EDT

    ... Rhoda Bernard: Absolutely, and creating that environment and then providing them with what they need and watching them flourish. Jeffrey Brown: Ashton Kiprotich, diagnosed with autism when he was nearly 2 years old, didn't speak until he was 7. He still has difficulty processing thoughts into speech. But, here ...

  • Debunking some of RFK Jr.’s contradictory statements

    Debunking some of RFK Jr.’s contradictory statements

    Jul 31, 2023 11:59 PM EDT

    ... no vaccine that is safe and effective” and told FOX News that he still believes in the long-ago debunked idea that vaccines can cause autism. In a 2021 podcast he urged people to “resist” CDC guidelines on when kids should get vaccines. “I see somebody on a hiking trail ...

  • RFK Jr. appears before Congress as his comments spreading misinformation draw scrutiny

    RFK Jr. appears before Congress as his comments spreading misinformation draw scrutiny

    Jul 20, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    ... some debunked, questioning what causes HIV, alleging that a pesticide makes people transgender and, as on the Joe Rogan podcast, baselessly suggesting that vaccines cause autism.   Robert F. Kennedy Jr.:  And everybody will say, oh, there's no study that shows autism and vaccines are connected. That's just ...

  • Rescued Ukrainian children settle back into life at home after abduction by Russian forces

    Rescued Ukrainian children settle back into life at home after abduction by Russian forces

    Jul 07, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    Another boy, Sasha, is rushed into a quiet car. He has autism and is nonverbal. After six months away from his family, he is struggling with physical touch and night terrors, his mother tells us. Almost all men are not permitted to leave the country because of the war effort ...

  • After school hacks, ransomware criminals expose kids' private files online

    After school hacks, ransomware criminals expose kids' private files online

    Jul 05, 2023 03:21 PM EDT

    ... attempted suicide and been in and out of the psychiatric hospital a dozen times in a year. The mother of a 16-year-old with autism recently got a letter from the San Diego Unified School District saying her daughter’s medical records may have been leaked online in an ...

  • News Wrap: Pittsburgh synagogue shooter convicted of killing 11

    News Wrap: Pittsburgh synagogue shooter convicted of killing 11

    Jun 16, 2023 10:50 PM EDT

    ... might have been avoided.    Amna Nawaz:  Daniel Ellsberg was 92 years old.   And Donald Triplett, the first person to ever be diagnosed with autism, has died. He passed away at his home in Forest, Mississippi after an extended illness. Triplett was profiled in the book "In a Different ...

  • Oklahomans with disabilities face long waitlists for home and community-based services

    Oklahomans with disabilities face long waitlists for home and community-based services

    May 22, 2023 10:25 PM EDT

    Milena Castillo, 14 Years old:  I made these with my grandma.    Judy Woodruff:  Most of the time, however, it's just the two of them. Milena has several diagnoses, including autism and ADHD, and Maria worries about her future.    Maria Baca Carrasco, Mother:  She depends 100 percent on ...

  • The wait for government disability services can last years. Some states are trying to change that

    The wait for government disability services can last years. Some states are trying to change that

    May 15, 2023 09:07 PM EDT

    In Oklahoma, DDS serves anyone age 3 and older who has a primary diagnosis of intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD), including autism, cerebral palsy and Down syndrome. Waivers include funding for a number of different services including residential, employment and habilitation services and supports and is tailored to provide services ...

  • Missouri lawmakers ban transgender care for minors, restrict coverage for adults

    Missouri lawmakers ban transgender care for minors, restrict coverage for adults

    May 10, 2023 04:26 PM EDT

    ... of gender dysphoria for at least three years and undergo at least 15 hourly sessions with a therapist for at least 18 months. Screening for autism and "social media addiction" would be required, and a treatment provider would have to declare that any mental health issues are resolved. Some patients ...

  • A Missouri judge just blocked the state’s attempt to restrict gender-affirming care. Here’s what’s next

    A Missouri judge just blocked the state’s attempt to restrict gender-affirming care. Here’s what’s next

    May 01, 2023 09:39 PM EDT

    Have a documented three consecutive years of gender dysphoria. Be screened for social media addiction. Be screened for autism. Assistant Attorney General Joshua Divine, who is representing Bailey, told the court the AG’s ruling is not a full-on ban. But Dr. Colleen McNicholas, chief medical officer at Planned ...