• 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 EST

    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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    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 ...

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

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

    Oct 18, 2019 02:48 PM EST

    ... 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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    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 EST

    ... 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 ...