Most people picture autism as a behavioral condition. Rocking. Repetitive routines. Meltdowns in the grocery store. Those things can be part of the picture, but they tend to show up later. What researchers and clinicians have spent decades trying to understand is what happens much earlier, in the first year of life, when the real…
ast week, the Department of Justice laid charges against 15 individuals accused of defrauding Minnesota’s Medicaid program out of $90 million. According to the DOJ, the charges involve seven different Medicaid programs. The suspects allegedly billed the state for programs that were never provided and used stolen money on real estate, cars, jewelry and other expensive items….
(Credit: Unsplash) This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. NGO MAKONG MARTHE MYRANDE, a second year medical student at the faculty of health sciences university of Buea, Cameroon. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to…
Authorities are searching for a woman with autism and social anxiety who went missing in Orange County over the weekend. Lien Thuy Nguyen, a Vietnamese-speaking woman, was last seen leaving a residence on foot around 6:40 a.m. Sunday in Fountain Valley, according to the Anaheim Police Department. Nguyen is known to take public transportation and…
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Valley thrift store is helping adults with autism find a sense of belonging while offering shoppers a way to save money. Seeds for Autism operates Garden of Treasures, a thrift store where all proceeds support programs for adults on the autism spectrum. The store sells clothes, toys and electronics. Trinity Washburn, a participant in…
A new non-invasive brain stimulation technique known as accelerated continuous theta burst stimulation (a-cTBS) improves social communication at one month follow-up and has a favorable safety profile in children with autism, finds a trial from China published by The BMJ. The researchers say the findings suggest that a-cTBS may be “a viable and scalable therapeutic option…
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – The Shreveport Police Department has made an arrest in a concerning incident that reportedly happened recently at Youree Drive Middle School. SPD officials say Tramikal Davis was working as a teacher’s aide at the school when school board employees identified some alleged behavior they found concerning. The board’s investigation showed Davis…
Family accuses district of discrimination in legal battle; district says he would be better served on mainland March 15, 2026 9:00 p.m. Ashley Swaen and Tosh Bolack in their Lummi Island home on March 2 discuss their son Roen’s difficulties attending school on the mainland as he looks over his shoulder at them. Roen is…
A family is demanding answers from the Gloucester, Massachusetts school district, after learning their five-year-old son was left alone in what’s called a quiet room for nearly half an hour, while a staff member allegedly held the door shut. Olivia, who did not want her last name used for this story, said her son Jojo…
After receiving unusual complaints about their son’s behavior at school, the parents took matters in their own hands. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Louisville mother and father says their special needs child was being abused at school and hid a camera in his hair to document it. The mother is calling what she found “unacceptable.”…