Crazy Shit That I Never Want To Have Happen To Me!
That’s how Karen Shirk explains the ability of service dogs to help children suffering from autism.
“I’m sure there’s some sort of scientific explanation,” she says. “But I call it magic.”
Since 1998, through her nonprofit 4 Paws for Ability, Shirk has helped partner service dogs with people with a wide range of disabilities.
It was Shirk’s […]
Cell Phone Amber Alert Helps Find Autistic Boy!
OMAHA, Neb. — After two hours of searching Omaha police found a missing 7-year-old autistic child who was last seen at 7727 Pratt St around 3:30 Tuesday afternoon.
The child’s name is Timmy Fowler, he’s black and about four feet tall with a heavier build. He was found near […]
What exactly is going awry in the brains of people who have autism? The answer is very slowly coming into focus. A paper published in the current issue of Science by researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston and members of the Boston-based Autism Consortium identifies five new autism-related gene defects. Already, more than a dozen genetic […]
GRANTSBURG, Wisconsin (AP) — An autistic man who disappeared a week ago from a camp for the disabled and who relies on medication after a kidney transplant was found alive in the woods Sunday, authorities said.
Keith Kennedy, 25, of Shoreview, Minn., was found about 7 p.m., weakened but safe. He was flown to the […]
I have a teenage son with Autism and a preteen daughter. I have been a widow for the last 9 years so I know a little about difficult times. What these two animals did to this little boy is inexcusable!
In South Dos Palos, California, Martha Franco, 42 and her husband Jose were arrested […]
BERTHA, Minn. — Carol Race thinks it’s important for her 13-year-old son to be in church on Sundays for Catholic Mass.
Leaders of the Church of St. Joseph once felt the same way, but not anymore. They say Race’s autistic son Adam is disruptive and his erratic behavior threatens the safety of other parishioners.
The northern Minnesota […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Benefits on TV are rife with their own cliches: the busy phone banks in the background, the giant-sized checks, the drumrolls, the tote board. So when comedians gather to raise money for autism education this weekend, you can expect the event itself to be spoofed.
Jon Stewart will be hosting the […]
NORTH FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A Washington County family said they plan to sue their school district, alleging school leaders are breaking a federal law by banning their son’s certified service dog from the building.
Last week, 7-year-old Bradley Dallatore’s parents said the dog’s beneficial tug and training can help the autistic child.
But the superintendent of […]
NEW YORK — After being surrounded by the dramatic heavyweight stars of the Oscars, Jon Stewart will play host again, this time amid a bevy of comedians.
Stewart will host the second biannual “Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Benefit for Autism Education” on April 13 at the Beacon Theater in New York. The […]