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Negotiators talking to Ala. captor through pipe
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — Speaking into a 4-inch-wide ventilation pipe, hostage negotiators tried Thursday to talk a man into releasing a kindergartener and ending a standoff in an underground bunker that stretched into its third day. The man...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Asperger Syndrome, Crime, Law and Justice, Charles Poland, Jr., Bob Johnson
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Two South Bend police officers suspended, one may be fired after gas station prank
WSBT TVSOUTH BEND – A South Bend police officer disciplined for punching an inmate at the St. Joseph County jail is in trouble again. This time, the interim chief is asking the Public Safety Board to fire Patrolman Theo Robert for interfering with an...Tags: Arts and Culture, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Television Industry, Culture, Cinnamon
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Disabled parents face bias, loss of kids: report
Millions of Americans with disabilities have gained innumerable rights and opportunities since Congress passed landmark legislation on their behalf in 1990. And yet advocates say barriers and bias still abound when it comes to one basic human right: To be...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Arlington Heights, Family, Mental Illness, Cerebral Palsy
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What's to become of Prader-Willi adults?
South Bend TribuneWhen doctors first were coming to grips with the syndrome defined by an unstoppable urge to eat, those whose chromosomes created that urge rarely lived long enough for others to worry about what would happen to them as adults. With slow growth, low...Tags: Diabetes, Behavioral Conditions, Genes and Chromosomes, Autism, Fatigue
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2k walk to fulfill teen's wish
South Bend TribuneMom beamed proudly as Christen held a sign spelling out her upcoming walk to shed light on homeless military veterans. “This is big,” Eileen Sullivan said in a low tone watching her 14-year-old daughter pose for photos. “This isn&...Tags: Autism, Family, U.S. Marine Corps, Camp Lejeune Water Contamination, Camp Lejeune (military base)
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Boca, West Boca Memorial Day events salute vets
Add three concerts, a ballet performance and a new party for an autism group to the traditional Memorial Day salutes to veterans in the city and county. Organizers are counting on families sticking around for the long weekend instead of getting out of...Tags: Music, Behavioral Conditions, Human Interest, Fort Lauderdale, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
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Asperger's does not make a murderer
Regarding your article about the teen girl accused of plotting her father's murder with her boyfriend ("Troubled child on a dark path," May 19), I found the article filled with misleading information and misinformation. First, the article tells us she...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Family, Autism, Mental Illness, Health
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Chicago Tribune All-State Academic Team
Scott Beck By John P. Huston,Tribune reporter Scott Beck's brain isn't the only instrument he uses to help him excel at math and science. Beck, a Highland Park High School senior, turns to the French horn to "kind of keep me balanced and keep me...
Tags: Music, Relay for Life, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Medical Research, Soccer
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Mental illness in youth: a common struggle
Go to a busy street in your community and count the next 25 adolescents who walk, bike, skateboard, stroll or saunter past. Odds are that two of those 25 kids (8.3% to be exact) would own up to having experienced 14 or more days in the last month that...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Mental Illness, Health, Environmental Issues, Demographics
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Up to 1 in 5 children suffer from mental disorder: CDC
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Up to 20 percent of children in the United States suffer from a mental disorder, and the number of kids diagnosed with one has been rising for more than a decade, according to a report released on Thursday by the U.S. Center for...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Mental Illness, Culture, Social Sciences, Substance Abuse
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Lawuits say school closings unfair,discriminate against blacks
Tribune reporterThe Chicago Teachers Union's decision to go to court to try to stop the city from closing 53 elementary schools, while not unexpected, makes clear that the Board of Education's vote on the proposal next week will not put an end to the controversy. The...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Laws, Autism
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Is grief a mental illness? Psychiatrists, critics face off over revised diagnostic guidebook
AP Medical WriterCHICAGO (AP) — In the new psychiatric manual of mental disorders, grief soon after a loved one's death can be considered major depression. Extreme childhood temper tantrums get a fancy name. And certain "senior moments" are called "mild...Tags: Mental Illness, Health and Medical Professionals, Culture, Medical Research, Social Sciences
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