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.”…
Peel District School Board is investigating allegations that an educational assistant physically assaulted a 6-year-old non-verbal autistic student, with the child’s mother calling for stronger safeguards and classroom accountability. Kiannah McCarthy is calling for stronger protections for vulnerable students after alleging her 6-year-old non-verbal autistic son was physically assaulted by a staff member at a…
Jaxsynn Gatlin, 4, died as a result of hyperthermia and had a temperature of 102 degrees at the time of his death, said the medical examiner A Montana man convicted of murdering his stepson was sentenced to 80 years in prison last week. A jury convicted Kristopher Michael Harasymczuk, 40, of deliberate homicide back in March…
The family of Mathew Vargas identified him as the young boy hit and killed by a man driving without a license on Monday night. MANASSAS, Va. — The family of a 9-year-old boy hit and killed near an intersection in Prince William County identified him Wednesday as Mathew Vargas. Fernando Vargas, Mathew Vargas’ father, said his son…
IDAHO FALLS — When McKenzie Willmore was diagnosed with ADHD in her early 30s, she went looking for a place where she could learn about her diagnosis, find helpful products and connect with others who understood what she was going through. She couldn’t find one. So she built it.
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…