• One former bank executive's quest to make the workforce more 'neurodiverse'

    One former bank executive's quest to make the workforce more 'neurodiverse'

    May 19, 2016 09:05 PM EDT

    ... to Harvard looking to scale and fine-tune a program to get businesses to hire more more "neurodiverse" employees -- that is, people with Asperger's, autism, dyslexia, post-traumatic stress disorder, Tourette's -- people whose brains are "wired differently," she says. The following conversation has been edited for clarity and ...

  • A dad learns to 'Love That Boy' when son diagnosed with Asperger's

    A dad learns to 'Love That Boy' when son diagnosed with Asperger's

    May 12, 2016 11:52 PM EDT

    ... we thought up until then -- he was 12 at the time -- that we thought were uncomfortable to him, but we just learned, because of the autism, was actually unnatural to him. And I had to step up and spend more time with him. I had spent a lot of time ...

  • The shocking experience of finally seeing the full spectrum of emotion

    The shocking experience of finally seeing the full spectrum of emotion

    Apr 27, 2016 11:33 PM EDT

    ... had, that even other people that participated in the research had very different experiences. You're not advocating automatically that this is a cure for autism or anything like that. JOHN ELDER ROBISON: Oh, absolutely not. This is -- this is not a cure for autism. But what it is, is ...

  • To improve lifelong health, Memphis tries rooting out childhood trauma

    To improve lifelong health, Memphis tries rooting out childhood trauma

    Apr 20, 2016 11:37 PM EDT

    ... difficult to learn. They're asking the federal court to force the district to provide additional support, in the same way schools accommodate students with autism, dyslexia and other learning differences under the Americans With Disabilities Act. At home in Compton, Arthur, whose identity has to be protected because of ...

  • How poetry helped a Compton student survive trauma

    How poetry helped a Compton student survive trauma

    Apr 20, 2016 06:25 PM EDT

    ... faced makes it difficult to learn and demanding that the district offer them additional support, in much the same way schools must accommodate students with autism, dyslexia and other disabilities. Cervantes said that poetry helped her deal with trauma from these events and the derision she faced at school for ...

  • Los Angeles’ bold move to reform special education

    Los Angeles’ bold move to reform special education

    Feb 24, 2016 12:46 AM EDT

    ... 50 percent. Most of the new students spend the majority of their day in classes like Maria Ventura's. She teaches eight students on the autism spectrum. To help develop their social skills, every morning, she invites kindergartners to her classroom for a shared lesson. MARIA VENTURA, Special Education Teacher ...

  • Narrow marketplace plans in Texas are a problem for some autistic children

    Narrow marketplace plans in Texas are a problem for some autistic children

    Feb 09, 2016 09:53 PM EDT

    New, narrower networks often mean families are losing access to therapists and providers they have used for their autistic children.

  • News Wrap: Militants make deadly attack on Pakistan university

    News Wrap: Militants make deadly attack on Pakistan university

    Jan 21, 2016 12:54 AM EDT

    In our news wrap Wednesday, four Islamist militants snuck into Bacha Khan University in northwestern Pakistan and started shooting, killing at least 18 students and two teachers before being cornered and killed by soldiers. Also, scientists at NASA and NOAA reported that 2015 was Earth's hottest year on record.

  • News Wrap: Iraqis killed at 'staggering' rate since rise of ISIS, says UN

    News Wrap: Iraqis killed at 'staggering' rate since rise of ISIS, says UN

    Jan 20, 2016 12:33 AM EDT

    In our news wrap Tuesday, 18,000 Iraqis have died from violence between the start of 2014 and last October, according to a U.N. report. Also, Reuters reported that three Americans who disappeared in Baghdad were kidnapped by a Shiite militia.

  • Don't blame grandma yet, but your asthma may be her fault

    Don't blame grandma yet, but your asthma may be her fault

    Dec 09, 2015 05:01 AM EDT

    Emerging research into epigenetics may rewrite the fates of those dealing with diseases like asthma, schizophrenia and obesity.