• Ling Ma, Jason Reynolds, Sterlin Harjo among this year's MacArthur 'genius' fellows

    Ling Ma, Jason Reynolds, Sterlin Harjo among this year's MacArthur 'genius' fellows

    Oct 01, 2024 07:57 PM EDT

    ... historically Black university. More recently, he founded a center to help neurodiverse people find jobs and help companies hire them. One of his children is autistic and he talked about being a parent looking to his child's future and his motivation to improve the lives of neurodiverse adults. “Science ...

  • Israel says its military likely shot and killed American activist 'indirectly and unintentionally'

    Israel says its military likely shot and killed American activist 'indirectly and unintentionally'

    Sep 10, 2024 04:53 PM EDT

    ... Israeli court acquitted a member of the paramilitary Border Police charged with reckless manslaughter in the deadly shooting of 32-year-old Eyad Hallaq, an autistic Palestinian man in Jerusalem's Old City in 2020. The case had drawn comparisons to the police killing of George Floyd in the United ...

  • Lawsuits challenging real estate commission could shake up housing market

    Lawsuits challenging real estate commission could shake up housing market

    Dec 14, 2023 11:30 PM EDT

    ... a baby. Now, you are thinking. You are thinking about the feature. Tialynn Beauvoir, Homeowner: I have two children. I have a son who's autistic. I wanted to write a letter, so who's ever home I was buying, they got to know a little bit about me. Paul ...

  • Families fear for future of Medicaid caregiver payment program

    Families fear for future of Medicaid caregiver payment program

    Jun 28, 2023 03:44 PM EDT

    ... care and gave dignity to their previously unpaid work. Jessa Reinhardt and her husband, Jason, each received $24 an hour to provide care for their autistic daughters, ages 8 and 5. The Vernonia, Oregon, couple could not provide care at the same time. The money allowed the family to build ...

  • McDonald's found liable for hot Chicken McNugget that burned girl

    McDonald's found liable for hot Chicken McNugget that burned girl

    May 12, 2023 04:06 PM EDT

    ... iPhone, which included audio clips of the child's screams. The sound of the girl's screams were played in court. The child, who is autistic, did not testify, the newspaper reported.Lawyers for McDonald’s noted that the food had to be hot to avoid salmonella poisoning, and that ...

  • WATCH: White House holds briefing as Los Angeles schools shut down amid staff strike

    WATCH: White House holds briefing as Los Angeles schools shut down amid staff strike

    Mar 21, 2023 04:10 PM EDT

    ... staff to be compensated fairly, but she is worried about how missing three days of school will affect her 15-year-old daughter, who is autistic. For the sophomore it means three days away from her social circle and the routine that school provides, her mom said. “I’m obviously ...

  • Inspiring words commencement speakers shared with 2022 graduates

    Inspiring words commencement speakers shared with 2022 graduates

    Jun 08, 2022 10:25 PM EDT

    ... in which you live. Elizabeth Bonker, 2022 Valedictorian (through computer voice): God gave you a voice. Use it. And know the irony of a nonspeaking autistic encouraging you to use your voice is not lost on me, because, if you can see the worth in me, then you can see ...

  • Americans reflect on hardship and loss from the pandemic

    Americans reflect on hardship and loss from the pandemic

    May 12, 2022 10:35 PM EDT

    ... to lead to being out of work, to being laid up? Yes, it's hard. Lori Bebko: My brother Charlie, who was developmentally delayed and autistic and immunocompromised due to diabetes, died on December 28, 2020, of COVID. I got COVID. I was exposed when he got sick. It's ...

  • Transgender Day of Visibility carries special significance for some trans Texans this year

    Transgender Day of Visibility carries special significance for some trans Texans this year

    Mar 31, 2022 07:54 PM EDT

    Being visible, including on TDOV, reassures Noor Pervez, a 26-year-old nonbinary trans person, that he is doing something for the next generation of trans kids. Pervez moved from North Texas — where he grew up — to Washington, D.C., about three years ago to start work with the Autistic ...

  • A Florida sheriff's Brief But Spectacular take on mental illness in county jails

    A Florida sheriff's Brief But Spectacular take on mental illness in county jails

    Oct 15, 2021 10:25 PM EDT

    ... turned 18 years old -- act up in a school. He was subsequently arrested for battery, I believe, brought to this facility. And he was severely autistic. He did not have parents. He was in a foster home. It took an enormous effort by all of our partners to get him ...