• Can Pete Buttigieg, cool and cerebral, connect with voters?

    Can Pete Buttigieg, cool and cerebral, connect with voters?

    Oct 18, 2019 02:48 PM EDT

    ... a gay man in 2015. Buttigieg regularly mentions Iowa teenager Bridgette Bissell, who described the courage she took from meeting him to announce she was autistic. Similar moments, Buttigieg says, prompted him to build his campaign around repairing Americans' sense of connectedness. In Waterloo recently, local organizer Caitlin Reedy introduced ...

  • A student with social anxiety on why a 1st impression isn't always enough

    A student with social anxiety on why a 1st impression isn't always enough

    Aug 22, 2019 10:20 PM EDT

    ... just never really stuck with people. I was first diagnosed when I was 3, although I was completely oblivious to the fact that I was autistic, until my parents told me when I was about 11 or 12. I'm no longer classified as it, but I felt, because I ...

  • Andrew Yang on how the U.S. can adapt to its new economic realities

    Andrew Yang on how the U.S. can adapt to its new economic realities

    Apr 15, 2019 10:25 PM EDT

    ... Well, one of the examples I use is that my wife right now is at home with our two young children, one of whom is autistic. And right now her work is not considered a job by the marketplace or by GDP or by our economic measurements. But we all ...

  • Can a high school dropout turned top economist give a new perspective to the Fed?

    Can a high school dropout turned top economist give a new perspective to the Fed?

    Dec 13, 2018 11:25 PM EDT

    Man: Awesome. Paul Solman: Shawn McKelley explained that he was autistic. Man: And it's really hard to, as an autistic person, to get a job where people treat you the same as other people, and not treat you as this delicate little flower. Paul Solman: Alexia Petronis has wrestled ...

  • In Paradise, on the search for life after Camp Fire

    In Paradise, on the search for life after Camp Fire

    Nov 11, 2018 10:53 PM EDT

    ... mean, the stories are just epic and stories of heroism. I spoke with a school bus driver who was stranded with a 7-year-old autistic boy for hours. Ultimately they got out safely too but it's just terrifying for people out here. HARI SREENIVSAN: Is this area now ...

  • Designing accessible fashion for people with disabilities

    Designing accessible fashion for people with disabilities

    Oct 14, 2018 08:03 PM EDT

    TOMMY HILFIGER: I learned through having children with special needs that autistic children sometimes don't necessarily have the dexterity to button buttons and zipper and zippers. And we are very well aware of the fact that wearing something great affects your self-esteem. MEGAN THOMPSON: The line is called ...

  • Victim's family calls ex-cop's 15-year sentence too short

    Victim's family calls ex-cop's 15-year sentence too short

    Aug 30, 2018 11:51 AM EDT

    ... mental health Oliver's wife also testified, saying in Spanish through an interpreter that she was concerned about their 3-year-old son, who is autistic. But the ex-officer's half sister took the stand against him, saying she felt compelled to do so after listening to testimony during ...

  • Why families need to pay close attention to these revised nursing home ratings

    Why families need to pay close attention to these revised nursing home ratings

    Aug 01, 2018 08:35 PM EDT

    Beatrice – N.Y.: My ex-husband is 56 and I'm 67. We were married more than 13 years and have been divorced 15 years. Frank is remarried. I am not. I raised the three children and the twin boys, who are autistic, still live with me. Is there any ...

  • 15 important measures buried in the 2,000-page omnibus bill

    15 important measures buried in the 2,000-page omnibus bill

    Mar 22, 2018 04:12 PM EDT

    ... the spending debate this week. Here’s a look at some specific proposals, along with the page number where the items appear in the bill. Autistic children: A measure called “Kevin and Avonte’s Law” funds grants aimed at education and prevention to stop autistic children from wandering off unsupervised ...

  • Why Maine's governor and voters are in a fight over Medicaid expansion

    Why Maine's governor and voters are in a fight over Medicaid expansion

    Dec 28, 2017 11:40 PM EDT

    ... fell during her middle-of-the-night paper route and broke her ankle. She still doesn't have health insurance and is unsure how she will care for her autistic children and uncertain what the future will bring. For the "PBS NewsHour" and Kaiser Health News, I'm Sarah Varney.