Health
October 11, 2023
Is a New Study Linking Autism to Aspartame Overblown?
Researchers in San Antonio found that boys whose mothers drank diet soda were more likely to be on the spectrum, but critics point out the data’s shortcomings.
Autism
Being Texan
December 23, 2020
Holiday Traditions Are Essential for My Sister. This Year, We’re Making New Ones Together.
Ellie, who lives with autism, has struggled with the loss of routine wrought by the pandemic. But her enthusiasm has buoyed both of us.
Being Texan
December 24, 2019
Miss Girard’s Christmas Gift
When her former student was found wandering the streets a decade after she’d last seen him, Michell Girard immediately agreed to take him in. Then she decided to do far more, including give him the Christmas he’d never had.
News & Politics
November 22, 2017
Peter Hotez vs. Measles and the Anti-Vaccination Movement
Texas is at risk of a measles outbreak, yet few have blamed the state’s anti-vaccine movement. Enter Peter Hotez, an affable scientist who decided he’d had enough.
Web Exclusive
October 31, 2009
Warning Shot
Texas parents have the choice to opt their children out of school vaccination requirements based on “reasons of conscience.” But what about the other kids around them?
Health
October 31, 2009
Brain Storm
The role of the cerebellum and underlying brain abnormalities in autism.
Books
January 1, 2008
How Can I Talk If My Lips Don’t Move?
Austinite Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay became a poster boy for the learning potential of autistic children with his first book, The Mind Tree, a collection of stories and poems he wrote between the ages of eight and eleven. In How Can I Talk If My Lips Don’t Move: inside
Health
April 1, 1980
Little Boy Lost
Being autistic nearly ruined Michael Shipley’s life, but his parents sent him to a state mental hospital. Then Michael’s life was ruined for good.