• Judge halts Missouri rule limiting gender-affirming health care

    Judge halts Missouri rule limiting gender-affirming health care

    Apr 26, 2023 10:58 PM EDT

    ... sessions with a therapist over at least 18 months before receiving puberty blockers, hormones, surgery or other treatment. Patients also must first be screened for autism and “social media addiction,” and any psychiatric symptoms from mental health issues would have to be treated and resolved. Some people would be able ...

  • Desantis war on 'woke' colleges sparks fear among professors, students

    Desantis war on 'woke' colleges sparks fear among professors, students

    Mar 30, 2023 06:56 PM EDT

    ... achieving and intellectually curious. Some were the quiet kids in high school, or were bullied for being queer or different, or struggled socially because of autism or other disabilities. They arrived at New College and felt welcome in a way they never had before. “It is one of the most ...

  • March 23, 2023 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    March 23, 2023 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Mar 24, 2023 12:07 AM EDT

    Thursday on the NewsHour, the head of TikTok tries to address lawmakers' growing concerns that China could access millions of Americans' data. A new CDC report shows more children are being diagnosed with autism. Plus, Black farmers struggle to maintain their land in the face of structural racism and economic ...

  • Lloyd Morrisett, co-creator of 'Sesame Street,' dies

    Lloyd Morrisett, co-creator of 'Sesame Street,' dies

    Jan 26, 2023 07:05 PM EDT

    ... even girls singing about loving their hair. It introduced the bilingual Rosita — the first Latina Muppet — in 1991. Julia, a 4-year-old Muppet with autism, came in 2017 and the show has since offered help for kids whose parents are dealing with addiction and recovery, and children suffering as ...

  • Researchers look for link between air pollution and brain disease

    Researchers look for link between air pollution and brain disease

    Jan 15, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    ... evidence showing associations between exposures to air pollution in a a real wide variety of neurological diseases and disorders that is included neurodevelopmental disorders like autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, as well as neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, etc.. How that's happening, we still don ...

  • News Wrap: Labor Department report shows inflation is slowing

    News Wrap: Labor Department report shows inflation is slowing

    Dec 13, 2022 11:55 PM EDT

    ... S&P 500 added 29.Still to come on the "NewsHour": U.S. immigration officials face a surge of asylum seekers near El Paso; Brittney Griner's agent discusses the basketball star's road to recovery; a new documentary follows the first person ever diagnosed with autism; plus much more.

  • California tenants rise up, demand rent caps and more protections from city councils

    California tenants rise up, demand rent caps and more protections from city councils

    Nov 05, 2022 03:56 PM EDT

    ... home in the San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Antioch. Her property manager is verbally abusive and calls her 9-year-old grandson, who has autism, a slur word, she said. Her heater was busted for a month this winter and the dishwasher has mold growing under it. But the ...

  • Students with disabilities innovate ways to use spaces, products not designed for them

    Students with disabilities innovate ways to use spaces, products not designed for them

    Oct 26, 2022 10:25 PM EDT

    Anthony Zhou, University of California, Berkeley, Disability Lab: So, if you give it a nice breath, then the CO2 value should go up. Cat Wise: It can measure conditions like air quality and light levels in U.C. Berkeley classrooms, things people with various disabilities, including autism, can be sensitive ...

  • Making the joys of surfing accessible to kids with disabilities

    Making the joys of surfing accessible to kids with disabilities

    Oct 22, 2022 09:30 PM EDT

    ... are typically neurodivergent were for all kids. We've built our program on inclusion. But I'd say over 95% of our athletes either have autism, down syndrome, ADHD, depression or anxiety. Mackenzie Palumbo, Parent: Kash and Hollis are 13 years old, their twin boys. They were diagnosed at 15 ...

  • U.S. military aims to address mental health as suicides rise

    U.S. military aims to address mental health as suicides rise

    Oct 10, 2022 03:51 PM EDT

    ... and exercises. Working with horses has long been used as a form of therapy for people with physical or mental disabilities and children diagnosed with autism. But in recent years, it has been embraced for helping service members with anxiety and PTSD. "In order to be able to work with ...