• Why this investor likes new ideas that make you scratch your head

    Why this investor likes new ideas that make you scratch your head

    Nov 02, 2017 04:20 PM EDT

    ... is very important is in regenerative medicine. Printing tissues, printing organs that can help restore life and eliminate disease. I have a son who's autistic. I would love to be involved in trying to create a way to have him be able to speak and be able to -- to ...

  • Amid Trump crackdown, U.S. immigrants head to Canada

    Amid Trump crackdown, U.S. immigrants head to Canada

    Apr 15, 2017 06:18 PM EDT

    ... shield her face and call her “Nasra.” She settled in Minneapolis on a U.S. medical visa to get treatment for her six-year-old autistic son. Her family is part of a minority clan persecuted in Somalia’s civil war. NASRA: I faced a lot of problems in Somalia ...

  • Will classroom cameras protect students with special needs?

    Will classroom cameras protect students with special needs?

    Apr 04, 2017 11:20 PM EDT

    ... take into account the video storage, the wiring, the cable, the cost of installing, the cost of operations. KAVITHA CARDOZA: Samantha Crane is with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. She opposes cameras in classrooms. SAMANTHA CRANE, Autistic Self Advocacy Network: Parents can't get access to that footage unless they ...

  • Struggling to scrape by, Syrian refugees take low-paying jobs in Turkey

    Struggling to scrape by, Syrian refugees take low-paying jobs in Turkey

    Mar 29, 2017 12:01 AM EDT

    ... OK again in their own land, they will go back. MALCOLM BRABANT: But Zahir Bhatah is planning to stay, along with his 4-year-old autistic son, Anver. He didn't dare take a rubber dingy to Greece. ZAHIR BHATAH, Syrian Refugee: The sea is very dangerous. My son is ...

  • Top Senate Democrat opposes Neil Gorsuch, Trump's pick for Supreme Court

    Top Senate Democrat opposes Neil Gorsuch, Trump's pick for Supreme Court

    Mar 23, 2017 03:54 PM EDT

    ... presidential power grab," stemming from his service in the Justice Department during the Bush administration. And a Colorado man criticized Gorsuch for ruling against his autistic son in a case, saying Gorsuch's opinion eviscerated the minimal education requirements schools must provide disabled children. Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick ...

  • Supreme Court bolsters rights of learning-disabled students

    Supreme Court bolsters rights of learning-disabled students

    Mar 22, 2017 03:37 PM EDT

    ... himself had used in a similar case that lowered the bar for educational achievement. In its ruling, the Supreme Court sided with parents of an autistic teen in Colorado who said their public school did not do enough to help their son make progress. They sought reimbursement for the cost ...

  • High court considers higher standard for students with disabilities

    High court considers higher standard for students with disabilities

    Jan 11, 2017 08:26 PM EDT

    ... the law without inviting even more litigation between frustrated parents and cash-strapped schools. The court is considering an appeal from the parents of an autistic teen in Colorado who say their public school did not go far enough in helping their son. They want to be reimbursed for the ...

  • When black death goes viral, it can trigger PTSD-like trauma

    When black death goes viral, it can trigger PTSD-like trauma

    Jul 23, 2016 12:04 AM EDT

    “We’re witnessing mentally and emotionally traumatizing videos and pictures. It’s enough, it’s just enough. It’s just so overwhelming all the time." - April Reign, managing editor for Broadway Black

  • News Wrap: Trump’s words on NATO worry alliance, Fox News’ Roger Ailes resigns

    News Wrap: Trump’s words on NATO worry alliance, Fox News’ Roger Ailes resigns

    Jul 21, 2016 11:56 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Thursday, international rebuke followed Donald Trump’s remarks that he will not guarantee US defense of NATO allies. Also, the CEO of Fox News, Roger Ailes, resigned after former show host Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment suit against him and 15 others, including Megyn Kelly, came forward with claims of harassment.

  • The face of Belarus' 'invisible people'

    The face of Belarus' 'invisible people'

    Jun 05, 2016 06:14 PM EDT

    In the decades since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, as the world has reckoned with the unintended effects of nuclear power, a group of people in Belarus has quietly lived out its consequences.