OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — A mother-son team is behind critical training to help police and deputies understand how to identify and communicate with individuals who have autism. Donna Lorman has spent years developing the half-day and full-day programs, and she was inspired by her son Drew. “When Drew was 5 years old, I was faced…
A Carter & MacRae Elementary School parent is considering sending her daughter to a new school after she was able to exit the building and travel half a mile through Lancaster city as she attempted to go home. Allaura Eby’s daughter has autism. It was the second time her daughter left school without permission or…
A Carter & MacRae Elementary School parent is considering sending her daughter to a new school after she was able to exit the building and travel half a mile through Lancaster city as she attempted to go home. Allaura Eby’s daughter has autism. It was the second time her daughter left school without permission or…
The kind of wrong that hits your stomach before your brain even understands what you’re looking at. I had been walking along the shoreline expecting the usual things beaches leave behind—shells, driftwood, seaweed tangled in the sand. The waves were calm, the air smelled salty and clean, and everything about the morning felt peaceful. Then…
In a local cemetery, there is a grave marked by an unusual iron structure known as a mortsafe. These heavy cages were once used in parts of Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries. At that time, medical schools needed bodies for study, and grave robbing became a serious concern for many communities. Families who…
Former First Lady Michelle Obama provided a profound and nuanced insight into one of the most difficult periods of her life in an uncommon and intimate talk that surprised many. While policy, political power, and global leadership are often at the center of innumerable public conversations on her tenure in the White House, this latest…
The atmosphere on the set of the Rachael Ray Show is typically one of high energy and culinary excitement but a recent episode took a turn into the deeply emotional when a spontaneous makeover revealed the staggering power of a fresh start. It began as a routine segment where the host looked into the crowd…
NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — A North Fort Myers mother is in custody after reports that her 5-year-old child with autism was left alone at her house for almost eight hours. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, neighbors on Caterina Court contacted deputies after spotting the child near the road outside of the home….
NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — A North Fort Myers mother is in custody after reports that her 5-year-old child with autism was left alone at her house for almost eight hours. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, neighbors on Caterina Court contacted deputies after spotting the child near the road outside of the home….
She grew up on a quiet rural farm, where the days were measured not by clocks but by the rising sun, the shifting wind, and the steady routines of agricultural life. The landscape around her was wide and open, filled with long stretches of fields that seemed to disappear into the horizon, and yet her…