• Families separated at Mexico border build new American life

    Families separated at Mexico border build new American life

    May 27, 2021 03:34 PM EDT

    ... six of them share. Keldy sleeps on the living room sofa. She wants to get a job, but is caring for her 7-year-old autistic niece and an unsteady 75-year-old mother, along with cooking and cleaning for the family. She sees drug use on the streets of ...

  • What we know about Daunte Wright’s killing, and what it says about policing in America

    What we know about Daunte Wright’s killing, and what it says about policing in America

    Apr 14, 2021 03:17 PM EDT

    ... not the first fatal shooting Potter was involved in as an officer with the BCPD. Officers killed 21-year-old Kobe Dimock-Heisler, a Black autistic man, after he lunged toward police during a domestic disturbance call in 2019. Potter was one of the first officers to arrive on the ...

  • Why 41 percent of Republicans don't plan to get the COVID vaccine

    Why 41 percent of Republicans don't plan to get the COVID vaccine

    Mar 19, 2021 10:30 PM EDT

    Donald Trump: Just the other day, 2 years old, 2.5 years old, a child, a beautiful child, went to have the vaccine, and came back, and a week later got a tremendous fever, got very, very sick, now is autistic. Dr. Peter Hotez: We underestimated how powerful this is ...

  • During a tough year, viral video captures spontaneous moments of joy

    During a tough year, viral video captures spontaneous moments of joy

    Dec 24, 2020 11:25 PM EDT

    ... Yes, I work, work a lot six, sometimes seven days a week. The school is shut down. My wife can't work. Our son's autistic, so she's got to stay home with him and do the laptop schooling, try and keep him focused. Stephanie Sy: David, I think ...

  • Millions of hungry Americans turn to food banks for first time

    Millions of hungry Americans turn to food banks for first time

    Dec 07, 2020 07:01 PM EDT

    ... not having money to take care of their kids. My heart aches for the people who get denied." Brian stays home with Jayden, who is autistic, helping him with school and driving him to appointments. Also part of the family are Cleo, a pit bull-lab mix, and Daisy, a ...

  • On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways

    On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways

    Nov 02, 2020 11:03 PM EDT

    ... Theory of Everything”; Daniel Day-Lewis’ portrayal of Christy Brown, who has cerebral palsy, in “My Left Foot”; and Dustin Hoffman’s role as an autistic genius in “Rain Man” – to mention just a few. In recent years, however, we’ve seen a slight shift. Actors with disabilities are actually ...

  • World uneasily watches US protests but US racism seen before

    World uneasily watches US protests but US racism seen before

    May 31, 2020 05:21 PM EDT

    ... of solidarity with American protesters, about 150 people marched through central Jerusalem on Saturday to protest the shooting death by Israeli police of an unarmed, autistic Palestinian man earlier in the day. Israeli police mistakenly suspected that the man, Iyad Halak, was carrying a weapon. When he failed to obey ...

  • The challenge of distance learning for parents of children with special needs

    The challenge of distance learning for parents of children with special needs

    Apr 29, 2020 10:35 PM EDT

    And my son is 13. He's one of two kids. He's -- my daughter's 10. He has Down syndrome and is autistic. He is, I guess, what the professionals call functionally nonverbal. We try to do the assignments that we can do. And we look for the ones ...

  • How learning changes when school happens at home and online

    How learning changes when school happens at home and online

    Mar 31, 2020 10:40 PM EDT

    ... they're just going to have to be a little bit more independent and do things on their own. Aaron Warner: With my son being autistic, it -- a lot of times, there are these things where I can't just be like, hey, you know, here's a math worksheet ...

  • The Who's Pete Townshend doesn't enjoy performing. Here's what he'd rather do

    The Who's Pete Townshend doesn't enjoy performing. Here's what he'd rather do

    Dec 05, 2019 11:35 PM EDT

    Pete Townshend: My daughter Aminta, for example, has got a full spectrum autistic boy. And when we worked out how much it would cost to get him through education, it came to a million pounds. And I employ people and the band employs people. And it's great to be ...