Autistic students who make it through college face a bigger challenge: Getting jobs

The college gym is packed with employers offering work opportunities, but Jimmy Myers, a freshman at Drexel University, has come to the career fair to speak with just one of them: the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. A self-described “train nerd,” Myers has been closely tracking progress on the railway’s trolley modernization project. And he’s eager…

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Gone Before His Second Act

He slipped out of the spotlight long before his final breath, but he never stopped showing up. While the world chased the next headline, he was fixing sinks for strangers, answering late-night calls from broken men, packing lunches, and quietly leading circles where honesty wasn’t a weakness, it was the only rule. The boy who…

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Hidden in the Red Circle

It isn’t really about the cat. It’s about that familiar, queasy moment when your reality collides with everyone else’s certainty, and you quietly decide they must be right. The red circle is only a symbol of all the times you’ve nodded along, laughed on cue, or agreed something was “obvious” when it wasn’t, just to…

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7 Lesser-Known Facts About Samantha Busch and Her Life With NASCAR Star Kyle Busch

Samantha Busch is widely known in the NASCAR world as the wife of professional driver Kyle Busch, but her personal story extends far beyond motorsports and public appearances connected to racing events and team responsibilities. Over the years, she has developed an independent identity as an entrepreneur, author, blogger, and public advocate, particularly known for…

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My 6-Year-Old Son Donated His Savings to Help an Elderly Neighbor — The Next Morning, Our Yard Was Covered in Piggy Banks

The knocking started just after sunrise, sharp and repetitive against the old wooden door of Carmen’s small house at the end of Maple Street. At first, she thought it might be her elderly neighbor asking for help again. Instead, when Carmen opened the door, she froze in confusion. A police officer stood on her porch…

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ST. Minnesota parents faked autism in children to earn kickbacks in $46M scheme: feds

Parents in Minnesota were paid up to $1,500 per child if they enrolled kids for bogus treatments at two autism centers in the largest-of-its-kind fraud and money laundering scheme, the feds have alleged. Four accused fraudsters paid parents from the local Somali community kickbacks ranging from $300 to $1,500 a month for each child they enrolled for unrequired…

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