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... No, not the phone. Sarah Varney: Heather Hantz says her son's struggles intensified after he was cut from Medicaid and missed five months of autism therapy. Last summer, Hantz called the state Medicaid office to change her mailing address and found out the state of Tennessee had canceled Harrison ...
“NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity” by Steve Silberman I’m FULL of feelings and cannot recommend the book I’m finishing right now enough. It’s called “NeuroTribes” by Steve Silberman. It is the most thorough, understanding, accurate and good-hearted explanation of the ...
... went through, what happened? Jodi Cohen: So, Jace died last year. He died of a seizure in his sleep. He had epilepsy as well as autism. We showed her the reports and she just cried and cried. She said, I had no idea. They wrote all of this down. And ...
... for replacement facts also explains why some popular falsehoods can be so hard to combat. Scientists have shown repeatedly that vaccines don’t contribute to autism, but they also aren't entirely sure what actually causes autism. “So it becomes hard to replace ‘vaccines cause autism’ with something else,” despite ...
... Patrol said an 8-year-old girl died in a three-vehicle wreck. Officials in central Wyoming searched for a 16-year-old boy with autism who disappeared Sunday wearing only his pajamas. In Chicago, a plane landing Monday at O'Hare International Airport slid across the runway. No one ...
... and so many of them. But there's something about Greta Thunberg. It's the fact that she's on the spectrum. Judy Woodruff: Right, autism spectrum. Jane Fonda: Yes, Asperger's, and that gives her a focus. She doesn't get distracted. And when I read what happened to ...
It introduced the bilingual Rosita — the first Latina Muppet — in 1991. Julia, a 4-year-old Muppet with autism came in 2017 and this year has offered help for kids whose parents are dealing with addiction and recovery. So important is the show that PETA recently asked for the creation ...
... proposal's potential effect on kids with disabilities and special needs, despite the commitments on staffing. Christine Palmieri, whose 11-year-old son Miles has autism, said she was pleased to see a raise secured for members of a separate union who went on strike alongside teachers. Its members include ...
... own approach to social-emotional learning. Some use other strategies, like Zones of Regulation, an 8-year-old curriculum developed by former occupational therapist and autism support specialist Leah Kuypers, who owns the consulting company that runs the program. Perrigan said the district isn’t on the hunt for new ...
Sherri Westin: And so I think Julia has been amazing, because, again, she's helping children with autism have a child they can relate to and feel less alone, but she's also teaching others why Julia may not look you in the eye. Hari Sreenivasan: Some of that praise ...
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