THOMAS FRAZIER, Autism Speaks: My initial reaction is, really, I think it's unlikely that it protects children from autism. WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Thomas Frazier is chief science officer for Autism Speaks, the national advocacy group. He says there's persuasive evidence that, in many cases, autism emerges in utero or ...
... attend half-day Early Head Start before leaving for private daycare in the second part of the day. “Our older son, who is on the autism spectrum, could really use full-day preschool for the continuity, transitions and executive functioning skills,” Kate Madden said of her child, who attends the ...
... Social Security Disability Insurance since 2008. I became a widow in 2012. Since my husband passed away, my son (born in July 2007) who has autism and my other son (born in July 1999) have both been receiving survivor benefits. They have both been receiving $1,500 each, and I ...
... what educational benefit do schools need to provide to these students. It's a case out of Colorado, involved a boy named Drew. He has autism. The case was filed when he was 10. He's now 17. His parents pulled him out of the fourth grade in the Douglas ...
... reached out to the Army for comment, but they did not respond immediately. On what appears to be Caughman’s Twitter account, he posted about Autism Awareness Day and Chuck Berry. Caughman was a New York resident who lived in a transitional house. His Twitter bio describes him as a ...
... to the new campus. Sewall's been a pioneer in what's known as inclusive education, teaching children with special needs -- that is, kids with autism or those with emotional or behavioral issues -- and putting them in classrooms with their more typically developing peers. Heissenbuttel says the evidence is clear ...
The unemployment rate for people with a disability is more than double than for those without. Even though the law bars such discrimination, it can be difficult for these Americans to get hired. But that’s not the full story: Some employers are seeing how the special abilities of workers on the autism spectrum can boost...
The embrace of alternative medicine has been building for years. But an examination of 15 academic research centers across the U.S. underscores just how deeply these therapies have become embedded in prestigious hospitals and medical schools.
Tuesday on the NewsHour, a federal appeals court takes up President Trump's controversial immigration order. Also: Fact-checking the claim that the press underreports terror attacks, shocking details of a Syrian prison, how Betsy DeVos could reshape education policy, unique challenges for black children with autism and a new take on Timothy McVeigh's motivation for the...
President-elect Donald Trump is reviving long debunked attempts to link vaccines to autism, asking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- a vocal skeptic -- to chair a commission on vaccination safety.
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