There are many children in Japan with foreign roots who, because they don’t speak Japanese well, cannot take regular classes at school. One in 20 public primary and junior high school students across the country who need Japanese language lessons have been put in classes originally intended for children with disabilities, a national survey recently […]
Ten minutes from my home, next to a disused garbage dump, a motorway and the largest port in the country, there is an improbable oasis of hills with vegetable and fruit trees. The San Pedro Community Gardens emerge from their surroundings like a mirage and occupy six hectares of city-owned property in the otherwise highly […]
Double diagnosis: when one twin has autism or autism characteristics, the other twin often has insomnia, a new study shows. Getty Images The genetic factors influencing autism may overlap with those underlying insomnia, according to a new study of autistic people and their relatives. In contrast, the two conditions show a minimal overlap of environmental […]
