Illustration by Laurène Boglio Hello and welcome to the community newsletter! I am your host, Chelsey B. Coombs, the engagement editor of Spectrum. The first study, which sparked an online exchange this week, looked at the association between autism characteristics and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults aged 50 and over who scored high on […]
One mother asked people what parenting terms and advice they think will be obsolete when our children have children of their own – here is what people said. When we look back on how we grew up, we find that our parents had some questionable educational methods like spanking, time off, and even drinking and […]
In Europe, the data clearly show that LAT relationships increase in later life. Jenny de Jong Gierveld, a sociologist at Vrije University in Amsterdam, said social scientists in the Netherlands had added questions to large national surveys as early as 1995 to track later LAT relationships. Dr. Brown said this didn’t happen in the United […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill that will allow school districts to expand education for students with disabilities who are “aging” school but have lost valuable opportunities due to the COVID pandemic. Under the new law, students with individualized education plans could extend their public schooling from the age of 21 to the age […]
