One year ago 11-year-old Ryan Larsen, who is autistic, vanished after apparently running away from his elementary school.
Larsen's mother thinks he's alive. She finds hope in the fact that her son hasn’t been found.
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Sophomore Seth Boyer likes to track airplanes’ routes on a special iPad app, solve Wheel of Fortune puzzles, play golf and be involved in the Scottsbluff High School boys’ basketball team as the team’s student manager.
Simple ways to accommodate people with disabilities whilst traveling, direct from those living with a disability. Buzz60’s Chloe Hurst has the story!
Young adults who are willing to ditch the typical Western diet may gain a decade or more in life expectancy according to one study, and young people with autism or ADHD have a higher risk of dying early from a range of causes. Here's that and more health news.
THURSDAY, Feb. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Young people with autism or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a higher risk of dying early from a range of causes, a new research review suggests.
A bill (LB997) introduced by Sen. Jen Day of Gretna would require children to be screened for autism before they could enroll in kindergarten, similar to how those children also undergo physical and vision screenings.
Cathy Martinez, president of the Family Autism Network, read news accounts of a boy who nearly drowned this summer and brought people together to create swimming lessons for people with autism.
Stride Autism Centers, a preschool-like facility, will provide to Lincoln what owner Brad Zelinger describes as the gold standard of treatment for children with autism ages 2-6.
Cathy Martinez, president of the Autism Family Network who is fighting cancer, thinks helping a young mom advocate for an all-inclusive park in the city is what she's meant to be doing.
Cindy Lange-Kubick counts down her final summer at the Journal Star with one column from each of her 25 years on the Lincoln Life beat with a postscript from the present.
For parents of special-needs children, discovering UBU Therapy Farms, where children with a range of ability levels could both have fun and learn vital social-emotional skills, felt like a miracle.
Catching autism spectrum disorder early can improve quality of life. By recognizing early signs and symptoms, you can help children learn, grow and thrive.
Police were called after the 16-year-old boy, who lives near Loren Eiseley Branch Library, saw the child struggling in the water, jumped in and pulled him back to shore.
This tender-hearted comedy follows a 19-year-old man on the autism spectrum, as he searches for love and independence. It promotes messages about inclusion and empathy.
Parents often struggle to meet their newborn’s needs because they simply don’t know what they want when they are crying. Zoundream is not only…
A Hong Kong professor has developed a program using role-playing robots to help children with autism improve their social skills, an initiativ…
Sia has apologized for casting a neurotypical actor as a nonverbal autistic girl in her new movie ‘Music’. The pop singer has also apologized …
The Arc of Nebraska will host the 50th annual Senatorial Dinner virtually at noon Tuesday, Feb. 2. This year's dinner will feature guest speak…
"It was like a bomb went off," said Mary Bauer, one of Cathy Martinez's older sisters. "A month ago she didn't have any symptoms and suddenly she has Stage IV renal cancer."
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Each year since 2004, students have worn blue and gathered outside to blow bubbles on April 2, World Autism Awareness Day.
All charities will suffer from the social distancing, curfews and business closings that have been enacted to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.
A new Rutgers study has found that one-fourth of children with autism spectrum disorder may go undiagnosed.
Dan Martinez and his wife have three children with autism. His band will headline the Autism Family Network’s Cultural Concert Sunday night.
When Kim Lowman runs, she counts utility poles.
Courtesy of Stanford University School of Medicine. But the unique brain response to mom's voice is greatly diminished in children with autism, according to a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine. "Kids with autism often tune out from the voices around them, and we haven't known why," said the study's lead author, Dan Abrams, Ph.D., clinical...