... Michael Kunzelman, Silver Spring, Maryland ___ Ruqayyah Bailey has lost much of her independence and wants to get her life back on track. Bailey, 31, has autism. Until March, she lived in her own apartment, worked part time as a cashier at a St. Louis cafe, and attended college. The coronavirus ...
... is Alice Wong. And I'm a disabled activist in San Francisco. Max Barrows: My name is Max Barrows. I am a person on the autism spectrum. I speak up for people with disabilities throughout the state. Britney Wilson: I think it's safe to say that my life wouldn ...
... board that licenses officers, makes changes in arbitration rules affecting police unions and requires more training on dealing with people with mental health issues and autism. The bill passed after nearly two months of difficult negotiations that followed Floyd's death on May 25 and the ensuing unrest that spread ...
... of life. It makes changes in arbitration rules affecting police unions. Officers will get more training on dealing with people with mental health issues and autism. The measure also creates a new advisory council for the state board that licenses officers. “This is a really a great bill, but it ...
... was fiercely devoted to his wife of 57 years, Peg, their four children and two grandsons. The family proudly marched in the city's annual Autism Speaks walk, in support of his grandson James. John was 80 years old. Vanee Sykes believed in the potential of every formerly incarcerated woman ...
... 13 days after it was published. By contrast, it took 12 years for the Lancet to retract the fraudulent article that incorrectly claimed vaccinations cause autism. It is not yet known whether these papers involved deliberate scientific misconduct, but mistakes and corrections are common, even for top scientists. For example ...
... like. Elizabeth Wayland Seal: I live in Rhode Island. I have four kids. The youngest is 7. The oldest is 14. Two of them have autism spectrum. Distance learning in the fall, if my 7-year-old has distance learning in the fall, I can't. He can't. I ...
... the community of the disabled. About two years ago, the National Organization on Disability, which is basically agnostic with regard to the disability -- could be autism, could be blindness, could be Down syndrome -- I mean, there's a range of disabilities. We basically say, as part of our advocacy platform ...
... Protesters chanted: "A violent cop needs to be in jail," and held signs with the picture of Eyad Hallaq, the 32-year-old Palestinian with autism who was shot and killed by Israeli police in Jerusalem on May 30. Similar protests were staged in Haifa and Jaffa, the latest in ...
... really hard on her and on all of us, as her routine has just been flipped upside-down. Nicole Jorwicc: I have a brother with autism. As a family member, my brother going into the hospital right now is our greatest fear. That is because we don't know the ...
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