This holiday season, families with children who have autism or other disabilities can experience a magical visit with Santa Claus in a calm, accommodating setting.
A dangerous virus has spread to 18 states so far this year and health officials confirmed 3 cases here in New York. The latest case involves a 5-year-old child.
A 14-year-old autistic boy who wandered away from his New York school and apparently drowned was marked as being in class by three school employees even though surveillance video shows him getting off the school bus and walking away from campus, authorities said Tuesday.
There is a Change.org petition going around on social media for a young man named Joseph. Joseph is autistic and his school, Marcy Elementary, has decided it was best to exclude him from the Kindergarten Graduation Ceremony. Joseph's aunt Denise started the petition to get her nephew included in the ceremony with everyone else.