By Anne Dachel I’ve been looking at stories about special education for five years now for Loss of Brain Trust and things show no sign of quietly settling down. Every once in a while some story will mention the percentage of kids who have special needs or else cite the current autism rate. I’ve faithfully […]
No matter what language they speak or what their background is, parents around the world tend to speak to their babies in the same way: with high-pitched, sing-song-style language called “baby talk” or “mom.” They tend to also to change certain words “cute”, such as “horse” for horse or “puppy” for dog. Not only is […]
Kari Wichers and her husband inspect the tires, stop signs and signals on their yellow school buses before sunrise every weekday morning. At 6:15 am, she is on her way to the first bus stop to pick up a group of students with special needs – she affectionately calls them “my children” – for trips […]
An analysis of entire genome sequences from thousands of families – one of the largest studies of its kind to date – has linked 163 new genes to autism. The study appeared in Nature Genetics today. The newly linked genes harbor extremely rare inherited genetic variants – changes in the genome that were passed on […]
