Minecraft Helps Kids with Autism Learn Social Skills
Minecraft helps kids with autism learn social skills through the gaming process, offering ways to communicate without having to appear “socialized.” Microsoft’s Minecraft skin editor determines More...
Jeffrey Stevenson and the Mission Behind FRAXA Research Foundation
A Fund Manager’s Career from Private Investment to Charity When Jeffrey Stevenson joined VSS, in 1982, the New York based firm was a boutique M&A shop focused on media and specializing in the magazine More...
Zietchick Research Institute: How is vision affected by autism spectrum disorder
Autism is characterized by a clustering of difficulties in communication, social interactions and repetitive behaviors. Usually diagnosed in early childhood, it occurs in about 1 in 100 children throughout the world. More...
Missing autistic boy Zavire Portis found dead in Inglewood park swimming pool
The body of a nonverbal 9-year-old boy with autism, Zavire Dion Portis, was found in a swimming pool at an Inglewood park in California, just hours after he was reported missing at the same park, authorities said. Zavire More...
Home health care owner, Diandra Bankhead pleads guilty to defrauding Georgia Medicaid
Diandra Bankhead, the owner and operator of Elite Homecare (“Elite”), an Atlanta-based home healthcare provider, has pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid by submitting thousands of fraudulent claims for services More...
Autism: Rates among racial minorities increasing faster
Autism rates among racial minorities in the United States have increased by double digits in recent years, with black rates now exceeding those of whites in most states and Hispanic rates growing faster than any More...
Las Vegas Man, Fredy Hernandez-Gomez Charged for Receiving Sexually Explicit Photos From Autistic Minor Victim
A Las Vegas man who repeatedly played the game of “truth or dare” with an autistic girl to entice her to send him sexually explicit photos was sentenced to eight years in federal prison to be followed by lifetime More...
Orlando mother Leslie McKinley murders son, Kody Larue, then herself
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the deaths of Leslie McKinley and her 14-year-old son, Kody Larue, as a murder suicide after being found dead in their Azalea Park home Monday afternoon. Sheriff’s More...
Hawthorne Man, Ali Elmezayen Charged in Insurance Scheme by Killing His Autistic Children
A Hawthorne man is due in court this afternoon after being arrested last week on federal charges that allege he intentionally drove his domestic partner and two severely autistic children off a pier into the ocean More...
Zebrafish study provides new insights into autism spectrum disorder research
Exposure to a compound used to treat migraines and seizures causes characteristics associated with autism, groundbreaking research with zebrafish has demonstrated. Image/ArtsyBee via pixabay The study conducted More...
New Jersey teen, Scott Kologi, murders family on New Year’s Eve: Steve Kologi, Linda Kologi, Brittany Kologi, Mary Schultz all dead
Just ahead of New Year’s Eve, a 16-year-old boy used a rifle to shoot and kill his parents, sister and a family friend inside the parents’ home in a coastal city in southern New Jersey. The Monmouth More...
The Use of Stress Balls for the Treatment of Autism
While autism is untreatable, some things can help reduce some of the main symptoms of the condition – the sensory symptoms. One of these things is the use of stress balls. Individuals with autism, children and More...
Autism complexities: Chronic GI distress, sleep disturbances and ADHD
Autism Speaks today issued the first in a series of annual, in-depth reports on special topics in autism. Autism and Health: Advances in Understanding and Treating the Health Conditions that Frequently Accompany More...
The Difference Between Vaccine Injury Compensation and Personal Injury Cases Explained
Awareness of the anti-vaccination movement may have only become widespread in recent years, but its roots go way back to the 60s and 70s. Today, the movement’s popularity can be attributed to the ease of spreading More...
Adam Matos, caught after Amber Alert, 4 dead bodies found – Ismael Santisteban safe
Pasco County sheriff’s deputies reported a child with autism missing and four bodies nearby while conducting a welfare check Thursday. The search immediately began as an Amber Alert was been issued for 4-year-old More...
Antonio Jaramillo talks ‘Dallas’ season 3, the role of Luiz, Oliver Stone and World Cup
Actor Antonio Jaramillo is turning heads with his role on TNT’s Dallas and the FOX series Gang Related. Dallas is in their third season and Jaramillo talked with Dispatch Radio about the show. Luis is “the More...
Chili’s backpeddles on donations to National Autism Association after customer outrage
Chili’s Grill & Bar plan for it’s April 7 “Give Back Event” has been canceled after a huge response from people who feel the National Autism Association’s views on the (anti-vaccine) More...
Vaccinations: What do Americans think?
A recent survey published by the National Consumers League (NCL) shows that too many Americans are misinformed about vaccines and this is certainly a major contributing factor to the rise of vaccine preventable More...
Majority of adults support mandatory vaccinations for school-aged children, 33% of parents with young children believe ‘vaccinations can cause autism’
PRESS RELEASE According to a survey released today by the National Consumers League (NCL), the nation’s pioneering consumer organization, adult Americans lack sufficient information about the safety of vaccines More...
Donald Trump weighs in on vaccine-autism link, later resorts to name-calling
Billionaire real estate mogul, Donald Trump took to Twitter Thursday after the release of the new Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report on the new, increased estimates on autism spectrum disorder More...
