• How airports can make travel more accessible for flyers with disabilities

    How airports can make travel more accessible for flyers with disabilities

    Aug 27, 2022 09:30 PM EST

    ... airport personnel who provide wheelchair assistance. Rich Kargel, Delta Airlines Pilot: OK, my name is Rich. I'm also the father of a son with autism. Megan Thompson: Another Delta Pilot, Rich Kargel helped facilitate the cabins move up from Atlanta, and today he's leading the other tour for ...

  • Rep. Jerry Nadler defeats Rep. Carolyn Maloney in battle of top New York Democrats

    Rep. Jerry Nadler defeats Rep. Carolyn Maloney in battle of top New York Democrats

    Aug 24, 2022 01:57 AM EST

    ... her past positions on vaccines, including in 2006 when she introduced legislation directing the federal government to study the debunked theory that vaccines can cause autism. Maloney insisted that she supports vaccines and regretted having ever questioned vaccine safety. The primary winner in the overwhelmingly Democratic district will face Republican ...

  • 2022 New York Primary Congressional Election Results

    2022 New York Primary Congressional Election Results

    Aug 23, 2022 05:48 PM EST

    ... her past positions on vaccines, including in 2006 when she introduced legislation directing the federal government to study the debunked theory that vaccines can cause autism. Maloney insisted that she supports vaccines and regretted having ever questioned vaccine safety.The primary winner in the overwhelmingly Democratic district will face Republican ...

  • How misinformation and the partisan divide drove a surge in U.S. COVID deaths

    How misinformation and the partisan divide drove a surge in U.S. COVID deaths

    May 11, 2022 10:30 PM EST

    Joseph Uscinski: President Trump built a coalition of conspiracy-minded people, and he was doing that with conspiratorial rhetoric. But he even engaged in misinformation about vaccines, claiming on Twitter at one point, long before he ran for president, that vaccines caused autism. Bill O'Reilly, Former Host, "The O ...

  • As colleges and universities drop admission tests, what's the impact on enrollment?

    As colleges and universities drop admission tests, what's the impact on enrollment?

    Apr 26, 2022 10:30 PM EST

    ... appointments and watching her, how she communicated and interacted. I remember asking the doctor questions, like, hey, what does this medicine do for her having autism? And autism is one of those things we haven't really tapped fully into and we're still researching. Hari Sreenivasan: Several states are ...

  • Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnapping aimed at stopping Biden win, witness tells court

    Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnapping aimed at stopping Biden win, witness tells court

    Mar 24, 2022 12:09 AM EST

    ... the "sad" basement of a Grand Rapids-area vacuum shop, with the living space divided by hanging blankets. Garbin acknowledged he had called Fox "Captain Autism" and that his shooting skills "weren't top-notch." The airplane mechanic began cooperating with prosecutors after the group was arrested. Garbin testified to ...

  • Americans describe the momentous mental health toll of the pandemic

    Americans describe the momentous mental health toll of the pandemic

    Mar 15, 2022 10:25 PM EST

    ... live in Houston, Texas. I am a stay-at-home mom. I have three children, all in elementary school, and two of my kiddos have autism. We went on spring break. And we were in San Antonio when they started shutting down cities. And I had a major -- I had ...

  • For kids with COVID-19, everyday life can be a struggle

    For kids with COVID-19, everyday life can be a struggle

    Mar 14, 2022 02:59 PM EST

    ... It hurts." Her parents, Tara and Tyson Carpenter, have two other daughters, 5-year-old Audrey and 9-year-old Hailey, who is on the autism spectrum. As for many parents, the pandemic has been a nightmare of missed school, unproductive work, restrictions and confusion. But on top of all ...

  • NewsHour viewers reflect on the grief, gratitude and hope they experienced in 2021

    NewsHour viewers reflect on the grief, gratitude and hope they experienced in 2021

    Dec 30, 2021 11:25 PM EST

    ... a mask, which he finds frustrating. And especially for someone like Ben, who has trouble reading emotion even in the best of times because of autism, masking is the kind of thing that makes it more difficult for him to interact and understand with people. Nora Gallina: I thought everything ...

  • It's a holiday TV guide, Charlie Brown

    It's a holiday TV guide, Charlie Brown

    Nov 16, 2021 05:25 PM EST

    ... new chapter for her teenage son with autism and herself. Peete and her husband, former NFL quarterback Rodney Peete, are parents of a son with autism. The actor said on Twitter that “I have wanted to make a movie about an #autism family making transitions at #Christmas for a while ...