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    Sen. Hillary Clinton Urges Unity in Speech to DNC

    Aug 27, 2008 02:30 AM EST

    ... to become part of your lives. And you became part of mine.I will always remember the single mom who had adopted two kids with autism, didn't have health insurance and discovered she had cancer. But she greeted me with her bald head painted with my name on it ...

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    Investigating Beethoven's Death

    Dec 06, 2005 05:00 AM EST

    ... of the environment. For myself, I've now -- I'm now studying tiny brain cells and brain tissue for trying to understand the causes of autism and Alzheimer's Disease so there are a lot of very practical applications. Now, the Department of Energy -- the reason why this is something ...

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    Human Exposure to Chemicals

    Jun 24, 2005 04:00 AM EST

    ... ORTIZ: We may indeed see an explanation that cannot be explained simply by genetic or familial factors of this huge increase in certain chronic diseases. Autism is at a huge and alarming rate across the country, particularly in California. We're seeing types of cancers that are so rare and ...

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    Harvard President Summers' Remarks About Women in Science, Engineering

    Feb 22, 2005 09:25 PM EST

    ... to socialization that are in fact not attributable to socialization. We've been astounded by the results of separated twins studies. The confident assertions that autism was a reflection of parental characteristics that were absolutely supported and that people knew from years of observational evidence have now been proven to ...

  • North Miami police shoot unarmed caretaker of autistic man

    North Miami police shoot unarmed caretaker of autistic man

    Jul 21, 2016 04:35 PM EST

    Video provided to the Miami Herald by cellphone user Hilton Napoleon A North Miami police officer shot and injured a black unarmed behavioral therapist Monday as he was taking care of his autistic patient. A cellphone video that emerged Wednesday shows the caretaker, Charles Kinsey, moments before the shooting, lying ...

  • U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated

    U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated

    Feb 13, 2026 11:40 PM EST

    ... on my neck. And during that time, I'm just pleading with them that I couldn't breathe. Aliya Rahman: I am disabled. I am autistic. I have a brain injury. And when I hit that ground face first, I just experienced shooting pain through my neck, through my head ...

  • Trump administration’s visa freeze upends work and life for many U.S. families

    Trump administration’s visa freeze upends work and life for many U.S. families

    Feb 06, 2026 11:35 PM EST

    ... My daughter is completely dependent, and she will be her entire life. And we have a 27-year-old son who's slightly on the autistic spectrum. We had gotten the services of what they call a direct support care provider, and her name was Jennifer (ph). And she had ...

  • Authorities release person of interest detained in Brown University shooting

    Authorities release person of interest detained in Brown University shooting

    Dec 15, 2025 01:32 PM EST

    ... engineering building 15 minutes before shots rang out.The engineering and thermal science student shared candid moments on “Survivor” as the show’s first openly autistic contestant. She was locked down in the campus gym following the shooting and shared on social media that the only other member of her ...

  • Person of interest in custody over Brown University deadly shooting, police say

    Person of interest in custody over Brown University deadly shooting, police say

    Dec 14, 2025 12:19 PM EST

    The engineering and thermal science student shared candid moments on “Survivor” as the show’s first openly autistic contestant. She was locked down in the campus gym following the shooting and shared on social media that the only other member of her lab who was present was safely evacuated. Brown ...

  • Community colleges face new challenges as Trump battles with higher education

    Community colleges face new challenges as Trump battles with higher education

    Nov 18, 2025 11:35 PM EST

    ... a mother, and I don't have a full-time job. I can only work here like five hours, the reason being I have an autistic child. Working for five hours, that money's not enough for me to pay my bills and also go grocery shopping. Paul Solman: Does ...