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Hairstylist remembers Adam Lanza: 'I thought he couldn't speak'
Nancy Lanza's influence on her son was apparent even to the stylists who cut his hair. They said Adam never said a word when his mother brought him in for haircuts every few weeks. Adam Lanza would sit wordlessly in the chair and stare at the floor as...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Behavioral Conditions, Adam Lanza, Autism
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Vernon Man Left Letter At Wyoming Murder Sites
The Hartford CourantChristopher Krumm, the 25-year-old Vernon man who killed his father and his father's girlfriend in Casper, Wyo., last month before killing himself,, left behind a lengthy letter expressing anger over inheriting Asperger's syndrome and praising eugenic...Tags: Science and Technology, Behavioral Conditions, Technology, China, Electronics
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Adam Lanza: A 'Quiet, Odd' Loner Living On The Fringes
The Hartford CourantHe was a loner, a 20-year-old whom Newtown High School classmates remembered as a skinny, shaggy-haired boy "who never really talked at all" and who stayed tight to the corridor walls when he walked, often clutching his laptop. There was a common...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Stamford, Quinnipiac University, Hofstra University, Law Enforcement
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Trampoline site offers special needs time
With five children, including a son with autism, finding a family outing everyone will enjoy can be a challenge for Vivian Gibbas and her family. But the Aurora mom says she has found bouncing on wall-to-wall trampolines at facilities like Sky High...
Tags: Parenting, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Gymnastics, Autism
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School resumes today for many Newtown students
With memories of last week's school massacre still hauntingly fresh, most students in Newtown will return to the classroom Tuesday with their sense of normalcy shattered. They'll see more police and more counselors in their buildings. But nothing can...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Elections, Joe Manchin III, Personal Weapon Control, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Obama Calls For New Proposals For Gun Control In Wake Of Newtown Massacre
The Hartford CourantPresident Obama called for new proposals for reducing gun violence during an address Wednesday. He appointed Vice President Joseph Biden to head an inter-agency panel to come up with "a set of concrete proposals by January that I intend to push...Tags: Joe Biden, Joe Manchin III, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Behavioral Conditions, Mark R. Warner
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Lots Of Kids Are Loners, But When Does Social Disconnection Signal Danger?
The Hartford CourantMany people who knew Adam Lanza said he was awkward, withdrawn and socially isolated. It's a common description of mass shooters, but it also describes countless numbers of young people, most of whom grow out of their shyness and go on to lead normal...Tags: Suicide, Behavioral Conditions, Health and Safety at School, Virginia Tech, University of Connecticut
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New Windsor teen is ambassador for Kennedy Krieger's Festival of Trees
Bob Nobles III plans to be a Santa's helper this year. He will distribute toys and other gifts to young people who come to the Kennedy Krieger Institute's upcoming Festival of Trees. But it won't be the first time that the New Windsor teenager has put...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Entertainment Events, Star Wars (movie), Harry Potter (fictional character), World War II (1939-1945)
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For these Baltimore folks, thankfulness is personal
This time of year, "thankfulness" and "gratitude" are terms folks throw around so much that they almost become greeting card platitudes. Maybe people mean it, maybe they don't. Doctors have linked the concept of gratitude to inner peace, even physical...
Tags: Danny Glover, Elections, Dennis Haysbert, Autism, Inner Harbor
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'Colin Fischer': A teen detective with Asperger's, and heart
-------------------- Colin Fischer A Novel Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz Razorbill: 256 pp, $17.99 -------------------- Every high school student could use a friend like Colin Fischer, the protagonist in a new teen mystery novel called, as...Tags: Mystery (genre)
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Running away common with autism
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Almost half of children with autism in a new study had run away at least once - and many of them were missing long enough to cause concern. Researchers found that kids most often wandered off from their home, school or a...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Science and Technology, Behavioral Conditions, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kennedy Krieger Institute
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Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne explores ideas about music and performance
David Byrne's lyrics, especially in his early days with Talking Heads, put even the most mundane human behavior underneath a magnifying glass to reveal all its wonder and strangeness. He was the "anthropologist from Mars," instantly staking out a place...
Tags: Entertainment, Anthropology, Brian Eno, David Byrne, Culture
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