• Relative invisibility makes for uphill battle to get COVID vaccines for Americans with IDD

    Relative invisibility makes for uphill battle to get COVID vaccines for Americans with IDD

    Mar 31, 2021 10:25 PM EST

    ... Brangham: Scott Landes is a sociologist at Syracuse University who for years has studied health outcomes for those in the IDD community. He says people with IDD, conditions like Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, Rett syndrome and autism, often have underlying health conditions that make them more susceptible to COVID-19.

  • Rep. Nicole Malliotakis on COVID aid: 'You don't need to spend $1.9 trillion'

    Rep. Nicole Malliotakis on COVID aid: 'You don't need to spend $1.9 trillion'

    Mar 09, 2021 11:50 PM EST

    ... ph). She's been unemployed, she says, for a year. She's taking care of two daughters with health needs, one of them on the autism spectrum. The other one had an injury. She says she is desperately in need of the direct payment, of the unemployment that's set ...

  • UK judge refuses U.S. extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

    UK judge refuses U.S. extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

    Jan 04, 2021 01:59 PM EST

    ... The judge agreed that U.S. prison conditions would be oppressive. She accepted evidence from expert witnesses that Assange had a depressive disorder and an autism spectrum disorder. “I accept that oppression as a bar to extradition requires a high threshold. ... However, I am satisfied that, in these harsh conditions ...

  • ‘It’s just senseless.’ Despite COVID relief, unemployed Americans still worry about paying their bills

    ‘It’s just senseless.’ Despite COVID relief, unemployed Americans still worry about paying their bills

    Dec 28, 2020 10:21 PM EST

    ... were shut down, D’Amico decided to stay home from her two part-time jobs to care for her 14-year-old son, who has autism. When he was in school, a teacher’s aide helped him stay on task throughout the day. Now, that job falls to D’Amico ...

  • A whistleblower says the FDA isn’t properly regulating vaccine facilities

    A whistleblower says the FDA isn’t properly regulating vaccine facilities

    Dec 06, 2020 10:56 PM EST

    ... it is critical that the FDA does its job. So we were very clear in the article that the anti-vaxxer position linking vaccines to autism is really based on debunked science, full of conflicts of interest. You know, the issues we raised in this story have nothing to do ...

  • 'There’s no end in sight.' Millions fear loss of unemployment benefits amid pandemic

    'There’s no end in sight.' Millions fear loss of unemployment benefits amid pandemic

    Dec 04, 2020 10:40 PM EST

    ... tried with no success. While she received the first $1,200 stimulus check allocated by the CARES Act, her 20-year-old son, who has autism and had not held a job before, did not. She said she was “dumbfounded” to see Congress going on holiday break “when bread lines ...

  • For older workers, pandemic unemployment could be career-ending

    For older workers, pandemic unemployment could be career-ending

    Nov 19, 2020 11:20 PM EST

    ... job. Paul Solman: Instead, Madfis is doing something less rewarding financially, but far more emotionally, running a nonprofit to teach jobs skills to women with autism, like her American Girl-loving daughter Izzie. Woman: I'm learning how to accept feedback. With customers, I learn how to control my temper ...

  • For caregivers, a difficult job becomes nearly impossible during the pandemic

    For caregivers, a difficult job becomes nearly impossible during the pandemic

    Oct 19, 2020 10:35 PM EST

    ... and some family caregivers to hear what their past few months have been like Matt Berzok. My son Ben is a 16-year-old with autism. When the pandemic started, Ben went from being fairly structured and programmed to all of a sudden having no structure. It was pretty anxiety ...

  • WikiLeaks' Assange won't get U.S. extradition ruling this year

    WikiLeaks' Assange won't get U.S. extradition ruling this year

    Oct 01, 2020 06:28 PM EST

    ... in the U.S. They said Assange's mental health deteriorated while he took asylum inside the embassy and that he was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. His legal team argued that Assange would very likely face solitary confinement in the U.S. immediately that would put him at ...

  • How ‘upcycling’ discarded ingredients into food is gaining momentum

    How ‘upcycling’ discarded ingredients into food is gaining momentum

    Sep 13, 2020 09:28 PM EST

    ... source of protein. She hopes to perfect a crunchy biscuit out of it.Jonathan Deutsch: We’re using it for selective eaters. Children on the autism spectrum who prefer crunchy crispy things, often don’t get enough protein because if you think about protein, meat, dairy, beans, tofu and peanut ...