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... going through. EDWARD LUCE: Yes. They both work full-time, day and night. He, Mark Freeman, has three jobs. They have a son with severe autism. And they volunteer. They're the sort of backbone American neighborhood types who volunteer for the little league, to coach the little league, neighborhood ...
... to quit her job at a title agency in St. Louis to take care of her sick 17-year-old who had struggled with leukemia, autism, and epilepsy. Her husband had no insurance through the family-owned plumbing company. The temporary COBRA insurance that carried over from Lisa's old ...
... that the risk is somewhat higher in dads over 40. Now, we have known that for some time that especially dads over 40, boys with autism are about six-fold more likely to have a father over 40, girls with autism about 17-fold more likely to have a father ...
... two young men -- a poet and a Harvard graduate student -- who, despite academic struggles, achieved stunning success. But first, a 101. Contrary to popular belief, autism isn't a learning disability. Neither is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), mental illness, or intellectual disability. Here to walk us through the top ...
... for Music National Service: It's definitely been shown that music can make a positive impact on people suffering from early-onset dementia, kids with autism, with veterans who are coming back and trying to learn to walk without a limb. SPENCER MICHELS: Music therapy professor Eric Waldon, who teaches ...
... Mich., Markel's been traveling the world with you -- through this year's Oscar-nominated films -- to diagnose the portrayals of brain injury in Hawaii, autism in New York, dementia on Downing Street ... even post-traumatic stress in cartoon Paris. Find his medical chart for this year's top films ...
Photo courtesy of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. More and more students are attending charter schools in the United States, but performance results from these independent schools are still a mixed bag. Two million of the nation's schoolchildren -- about 4.5 percent -- now attend a charter school, according to new findings from...
The government moved a step closer Friday toward defining what "essential benefits" would be offered by companies selling coverage to millions of Americans in new insurance exchanges. In a 297-page report, the Institute of Medicine, a federal advisory panel, laid out criteria and methods the Department of Health and Human Services should use in developing...
After unveiling his "21st Century Contract with America," former House Speaker Newt Gingrich spoke with Judy Woodruff about his policy proposals, including efforts to create jobs, ramp up research into brain science and overhauls of Medicare and Medicaid. This is the third in a series of conversations with GOP contenders.
In today's arts and culture headlines, a legal battle over an iconic 1970s hit may set an important precedent for copyright law.
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