• What you should know about Social Security disability benefits

    What you should know about Social Security disability benefits

    Oct 08, 2015 07:23 PM EST

    ... times this year and may receive over this amount again. He works as a software tester with a company that trains and pays people with autism. From reading your columns, am I correct to understand that he is permanently not entitled to the disabled child benefits when my husband or ...

  • In reforming New Orleans, have charter schools left some students out?

    In reforming New Orleans, have charter schools left some students out?

    Aug 29, 2015 12:21 AM EST

    ... a charter after Katrina, what I heard was, oh, we can't -- we can't accommodate him. JOHN TULENKO: Sue Bordelon's son, Clarke, has autism. SUE BORDELON: And this was repeated over and over at every charter school we went to. JOHN TULENKO: Parents of students with disabilities took ...

  • 8 things you didn't know about Orville Wright

    8 things you didn't know about Orville Wright

    Aug 20, 2015 12:29 PM EST

    ... called the “The Great Aerodrome” cost $70,000, but failed to fly without crashing when tested in 1903. 2. Some say Orville was on the autism spectrum Both brothers possessed a singular determination and focus when it came to their pursuits, but neither enjoyed celebrity after becoming internationally famous. Both ...

  • Scientists say fetal tissue remains essential for vaccines and developing treatments

    Scientists say fetal tissue remains essential for vaccines and developing treatments

    Aug 11, 2015 03:35 PM EST

    ... has been used to study Huntington's disease, "bubble boy disease" and juvenile diabetes. Fetal brain calls are now being used there in research on autism and schizophrenia. After the release of the undercover videos, Colorado State University conducted an ethics review and suspended its dealings with one vendor. But ...

  • Review finds Trump's charity donations are modest

    Review finds Trump's charity donations are modest

    Aug 02, 2015 05:05 PM EST

    ... 2010, Trump's foundation gave $10,000 to Generation Rescue, a nonprofit run by Jenny McCarthy to champion the widely discredited theory that vaccines cause autism. Trump also gave $1,000 to the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, an organization confounded by Tom Cruise that offered free Scientology-based ...

  • Kids with disabilities, behavior problems illegally segregated in Georgia

    Kids with disabilities, behavior problems illegally segregated in Georgia

    Jul 31, 2015 11:22 PM EST

    ... 000 of them. They are students who have -- of varying ages who have behavioral issues, who have mental health issues, who maybe are in the autism spectrum, but they are children who have been deemed difficult to control and difficult to educate by their home schools. JUDY WOODRUFF: And how ...

  • Can Denmark solve its Islamic extremist problem?

    Can Denmark solve its Islamic extremist problem?

    May 11, 2015 11:50 PM EST

    Denmark, like other European nations, is struggling to stop its citizens from joining the Islamic State group and other terrorist organizations in Syria. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from Copenhagen on the story of a young man who left his home country to fight for the militant group, and how his mother is urging the...

  • What does Hillary Clinton believe? Where the candidate stands on 12 issues

    What does Hillary Clinton believe? Where the candidate stands on 12 issues

    Apr 10, 2015 10:13 PM EST

    Hillary Rodham Clinton owns a singular resume: first lady, senator and secretary of state. She is also a lawyer who worked on the Watergate investigation and a four-decade veteran of campaigns. Add two-time presidential contender. Here is a look at where Clinton stands on 12 key issues.

  • The Internet's hidden science factory

    The Internet's hidden science factory

    Feb 11, 2015 05:50 PM EST

    Sarah Marshall has completed roughly 20,000 academic surveys. Clay Hamilton has finished about 40,000. Marshall and Hamilton are part of a small but highly-active community of paid online study participants who generate data at break-neck speed to fuel modern scientific research. But can a person who's completed thousands of surveys still provide good data? Here's...

  • Vaccine skeptics find unexpected allies in conservative GOP

    Vaccine skeptics find unexpected allies in conservative GOP

    Feb 06, 2015 03:23 PM EST

    DENVER — As vaccine skeptics fight laws that would force more parents to inoculate their kids, they are finding unexpected allies in conservative Republicans.