i represent the autistics of advocacy record, run by and for autistic people. i previously served in the coordinating committee. let me say, as an artistic person and a taxpayer i want to thank you for giving self- advocates a seat at the table today. i would like to begin with a story. earlier this year rose visiting a service provider in new york and i happened to media man my age -- will call him joe. joe is autistic, like me, but unlike me he does not speak. he had come in with his father to try and find a job. i had a chance to sit down with him and asking questions. joe, despite not speaking, found ways to be very actively involved in the conversation. he pointed at what he was interested in, shook his head at what he was not. yet some people say and few people had ever bothered to pay attention -- nobody had ever given joe the simple support of a communication device. that technology exists and has for years. we just cannot invest in it. i think about joe ayotte at times like this. the current autism research agenda largely ignores his needs. i'm a big b

i have to say my younger brother is autistic.thing, it is so much harder for them to do it than when we do it. that is why the recognition is so great. they get up every day. they are not just facing the physical and mental channel, they face the stigma from outside, people looking at them and teasing them. so when they achieve something, it's so much greater because it's so much harder for them to get up every day and do what they do. that is why the story is awesome. >> isn't it true about autistic kids, one thing they excel at. like math you hear about. this kid went out and did practicing kicks over and over again. kicking field goals at 50 yards. that is remarkable -- for high school guy that is remarkable. >> andrea: that is a savant. there are different types of autism. that is rain man who are good this one area. not all autistics are like that. >> brian: listen to this. to your point, bob. three steps back, two steps forward. foot through the ball. he keeps doing it over and over again and wanted to perfect it. he did. h

in kentucky, a mother found her autistic 8-year-old son had been stuffed into a duffle back like this one, specially made to restrain children. and schools across the country are investing in specially built seclusion rooms, like this one, where young students can be locked up for hours. >> they'd lock you in there and it was dock. there's no windows. you are just stuck in there for the whole day. >> reporter: at the age of 11, giordanos all too well what can happen. >> it's scary. really scary. even for the bravest person in the world, it's still really scary. >> reporter: now, some members of congress are trying to get such techniques prohibited or restricted by federal law. >> there are thousands of children that have been traumatized, they have been injured. >> reporter: but it's opposed as too restrictive by school administrators. they say they need a range of techniques to deal with autistic stude students and others that are being main streamed into public schools. >> they tend to act out. and when they do act out, sometimes they become a danger to themselves or dangers to othe

they are called isolation rooms and they're used to restrain some children, including autistic ones. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross brings us videotape, and we warn you, it's not always easy to watch. >> reporter: this surveillance video shows high school student andre mccollins, in the lower right of the screen, about to go through what his school calls skin shock therapy for misbehavior. about 60 volts of therapy. there are no national standards for the punishments or restraints used on school children, including those like andre with behavior disabilities. later tied spread eagle to a restraint board. >> no, no, no. >> reporter: and what happened at this school outside boston, an extreme example, but entirely legal. >> some day, we're all -- i think we're all going to look back, and we're going to say, "can you believe what we did here?" >> reporter: an abc news investigation has found that only 17 states have specific laws protecting students from harsh treatments and restraints. >> there's thousands and thousands of children that have been traumatized, they h

back on tuesday, the 16-year- old girl who's autistic walked away from the fred finch youth center, a residential facility for children and teens and lost site of her at the fruitvale station. the girl's father says she has the mental capacity of a six or 7-year-old girl. and before she was found, her father told me she believed she had been taken by six or seven men. despite her many challenges she was just like any other girl. >> she likes to color and loves justin bieber music and just adores pink. she loves wearing pink. and likes diary of a wimpy kid. she's just, she's a sweet kid. she has some issues but she's a sweet kid. >> reporter: now according to the girl's father she has been taken to highland hospital here in oakland. in a short statement tonight police would not discuss her condition or the circumstances surrounding her disappearance. however opd does say that investigators are meeting with this girl and they plan to have an update tomorrow. we're live in oakland, eric rasmussen, ktvu news. >>> new information concerning a man shot and killed in east oakland last night.

she is autistic and one of the things she finds very calming is chickens.articularly her favorite chickenning with goldy. her and her family are going to lose their farm, but what's so remarkable is alair has a plan to help buy another farm for her family. she wants to sell 50,000 copies of her autobiography. a book she dictated to her mother when she was 12 years old. >> i love it. >> so answer all of our questions, we have alair and her mother. >> alair, how did you figure out that chickens were so calming to you? >> with the chickens on the little farm stead, and it was fun to play with them, an later on in my life, when i was ten, i went to a 4h group and majored in chickens. >> how do you feel about this reremarkable goal that your daughter set? >> i thinkt's very we met people at the living with autism book, so in 60 days we got it reworked, published, and i'm so proud of this girl. >> tell us about the autobiography, why should someone pick it up? >> it's a inspiring story, it gives hope to people like me with autism. >> if you want to order this boo

back on tuesday, the 16-year- old girl who's autistic walked away from the fred finch youth center, a residential facility for children and teens and lost site of her at the fruitvale station. the girl's father says she has the mental capacity of a six or 7-year-old girl. and before she was found, her father told me she believed she had been taken by six or seven men. despite her many challenges she was just like any other girl. >> she likes to color and loves justin bieber music and just adores pink. she loves wearing pink. and likes diary of a wimpy kid. she's just, she's a sweet kid. she has some issues but she's a sweet kid. >> reporter: now according to the girl's father she has been taken to highland hospital here in oakland. in a short statement tonight police would not discuss her condition or the circumstances surrounding her disappearance. however opd does say that investigators are meeting with this girl and they plan to have an update tomorrow. we're live in oakland, eric rasmussen, ktvu news. >>> new information concerning a man shot and killed in east oakland last night.

where the investigation quickly focused upon 25 year old nicholas cuker, his parents claim he is autistic. he claimed a friend viewed the porn months ear490 separate files depicting under age boys and some downloaded a week before the raid on the house. there is no evidence that he videotaped any children, police say downloading the files and sharing them, fuels the perverted practice. >> this activity contributes to the exploitation of children. there are children, whether in a third world country or united states who are being exploited sexually in this way. >> jeff hager, abc2 news. >> he faces four separate counts, he could face 30 years behind bars. >>> virginia man who killed a towson university student in a drunken hit and run will spend five years in prison. he pleaded guilty to manslaughter and other charges following the death of matthew which which which he matthew. he will get five years of probation once he is released. >>> three out of four members of the school police union in baltimore city have no confidence in their chief, no vote was taken last month, many of the types

the parents say their son is autistic one of his former friends downloaded child porn on his computerthere were over 400 files on the computer. >>> 22-year-old mathew cheswick was struck and killed on the holiday weekend. >>> westbound north avenue, closed after being shut down for two days after a huge water main break. charles street still closed along with other streets surrounding the break. a 60-inch water main erupted flooding the streets for more than a day the city doesn't have a time table for repairing the main and the street. >>> a starry starry night, chief meteorologist, wyatt is here, are we waking up to cold or hopefully just another sunny day. we need another day like this. >> i think we will keep them coming. >> starry starry night. absolutely and a clear day for the first half. may see a few clouds in the afternoon. temperature, mid-40s. a few upper 30s. some of our cool spots, 30, federals burg but a crystal clear sky will lead to a sunny start tomorrow weather disturbance, leading through the great lakes. pass through our north tomorrow afternoon increased cloud co

. >>> surveillance cameras onboard a school bus revealed a 13-year-old autistic boy being abused. the teacher began choking him after he urinated on himself. kept of grabbing at his hurt neck when he got home. the boy's mother said the harness, which was used to protect her son, was instead used to strangle him. >> my son kept reaching back trying to release it because he was hurting. he's screaming. >> the bus aide has been identified as darryl leon blue and has been arrested and charged. >>> a youth football coach is facing charges after a sideline hit on a 13-year-old i would -- boy. coach nathan harris appeared to shove a player from the other team as he runs out of bound. the charges follow. he said he was trying to protect himself from the player hurtling toward another player. >> no harm meant to be done. running off the field, it turned into a nightmare. >> prosecutors dropped the felony charges citing a lack of physical harm. harris is still facing a misdemeanor charge. >>> the streetings of venice, italy, look more like downtown baltimore. look at this. the city is seein

missing autistic teenager from oakland was found and beaten insects yulely assaulted why there is stillswered questions about what ad to her. >>> this is a look at highway 4 through the bay point area. you can see traffic pretty sluggish. we'll tell you traffic hot spots and where you need to watch out for roadway flooding. i wish this test drive was over, so we could head back to the dealership. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. test drive! but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's never been easier to get a jetta. that's the power of german engineering. get $0 down, $0 due at signing, $0 deposit, and $0 first month's payment on any new volkswagen. visit vwdealer.com today. >>> good morning. rain continues. some of it not too bad. others is really, really hey. the heaviest rain has been pushing south especially down toward santa cruz and santa cruz county. >>> welcome back. good morning, to you. here's a quick look at some of the top stories we're following for you right now at 6:42. we are of course on storm watch. we have lots of rain all

. >>> an autistic teenager is found badly beaten and sexually assaulted.happened before she disappeared. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news it's friday, november 30th i'm pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. we are on storm watch for you and a flash flood warning in sonoma county ended a couple minutes ago but flooding is possible all over the bay area. we are on storm watch. we have claudine wong with the very latest. there was a big rig crash in pleasanton. tara moriarty is in our traffic center. there are a list of traffic problems. but let's go first to meteorologist steve paulson. so what are we in for? >> we're in for a lot of rain. the first strong band is moving. it's moving out of the area. watch to the left of your screen there is plenty offshore. cloud cover is not. we do have heavy rain along the peninsula and the east bay. heavy rainfall and flash flood watch is out. that will take us through this morning. be careful. there is some lesser amounts coming into the north but look at this around portola and valley wood side. things ha

. >> the autistic man was downloading movies while living unher parents roof. troopers with the mailed state police computer crimes unit are surfing for child pornographers everyday, the undercover investigator downloaded porn movies depicting under age boys before tracking the computer and user to a home on isaacs way in forest hill. 25-year-old nicholas tried to blame a former friend for downloading the porn on his computer. investigators found 500 movies and some downloaded a week before the house was raided. the suspect didn't videotape any children himself, police say customers for the smut fuel the child porn industry. >> this type of activity contributes to the exploitation of children. this are children somewhere, in a third world country or here in the united states, being exploited, sexually in this way. >> he faces four counts of child porn possession and distribution. if convicted could face 30 years behind bars. it appears he amasked his library of child porn over several months if not years and parents had no idea until police showed up at their d

. >>> this girl is alaire, she's autistic. of the things she's found calming, chickens, but the family is in danger of losing their farm. the plan for keeping the farm and the chickens on the next "right this minute." >>> two videos coming at ya, but watch out. >> look out! >> see what happens when slush and speed don't mix. >>> and stick around for your chance to win an ipad3. >>> it's time for our friday edition of the best of "rtm." bonus videos on our website. >> as far as pranks go, this is dangerous. they are back, walking around columbus, ohio, with a pair of scissors and a lock of fake hair. >> sample of your hair -- >> people get super mad. >> give me my hair. >> yeah, that would make anybody mad. >> roman says, do not try this prank at home, but it made for a pretty funny video that's worth checking out. >> you know how you hear songs and make up your own lyrics? >> every day of my life. >> here's a video called misheard song lyrics. nirvana, pat bennett, misheard videos. to check them out, go to rightthisminute.com

missing autistic 16-year-old girl from oakland found in san francisco. her father tells abc 7 news his daughter was badly beaten. shy app white walked away from the care center tuesday night. she was followed by staff members to the fruitvale bart station where they lost sight of her. it's not mostly clear who found the girl or who called police. >> mountain view police tonight arrested 3 people in connection with sexual assault of 13-year-old girl. officers tell us it happened after a night of drinking. victim was found near a school in mountain view. amma has the story. >>reporter: mount view police are investigating the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. they say it happened here at either castro school or the adjoining castro park and playground last night. >> she was located in the school or park area by a couple witnesses intoxicated. and they called the police and that's how it started rolling. >>reporter: police learned the girl had been drinking with tw two, 17-year-old boy and 2 23-year-old man they have identified as mario pinto of sunnyval

different definition and what bothers them and what doesn't and if we can do that and i'm asking autistic kids and asperger's kids and normal kids and what are the things that trigger these things and what can we do and i want you to know what i am doing right now and i am working with boys and i finished the porn section and honest i'm doing all of it and why do girls send naked pictures and this week we're creating concrete strategies and scenarios so they can picture what to do when they are up either way against these dynamics and if we work together this way and really name it. sometimes kids with aspergers can do things that are off putting. i sat with a kid in a class that put his leg over class during the -- over the head during class and 17 years old and it's off putting. we can own it and now what do we do about it? it's not distracting to everybody fine but how do we do it in a way we're honest with everyone in the room and reaching out to each other appropriately. >> you have a project and working on a thing, a whole school based project. >> yeah, well -- anyways thank you guy

and the moms who had a fever that lasted a week or more were three times as likely to have an autisticor dr. richard besser says the study is a reminder that pregnant women need a flu shot. >>> and pregnant women who use cell phones may be affecting health of their babies as well. a yale study involving mice found offspring were more hyperactive when exposed to powered-up cell phones and also have less memory. researchers advised pregnant women to hold the phones away from their bodies. >>> it was an explosive finish in phoenix at a nascar race. that ended up looking a bit more like a hockey match. tempers flared yesterday after jeff gordon intentionally wrecked clint bowyer near the end of the race. it turned into the all-out brawl in the pit as bowyer's crew pounced on gordon and everyone else appeared to join in. gordon head he and bowyer had been at it all season and he had enough. both are expected to be penalized in some way by nascar officials. >>> some breaking news from the nba this morning, the lakers reportedly have a new coach and, no, it is not phil jackson. instead former

missing autistic 16-year-old girl from oakland found in san francisco. her father tells abc 7 news his daughter was badly beaten. shy app white walked away from the care center tuesday night. she was followed by staff members to the fruitvale bart station where they lost sight of her. it's not mostly clear who found the girl or who called police. >> mountain view police tonight arrested 3 people in connection with sexual assault of 13-year-old girl. officers tell us it happened after a night of drinking. victim was found near a school in mountain view. amma has the story. >>reporter: mount view police are investigating the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. they say it happened here at either castro school or the adjoining castro park and playground last night. >> she was located in the school or park area by a couple witnesses intoxicated. and they called the police and that's how it started rolling. >>reporter: police learned the girl had been drinking with tw two, 17-year-old boy and 2 23-year-old man they have identified as mario pinto of sunnyval

. >>> oakland police plan to release more information on the autistic teenage girl found in san francisco after disappearing on tuesday. the 16-year-old's father told us investigators said his daughter was beaten and sexually assaulted. police say the girl walked away from the fred finch youth center on tuesday night. staff say they followed her for more than two miles but lost sight of her near the fruitvale bart nation. he wants the center held accountable. >> they tracked her by vehicle and on foot for five hours. never detaining her. which they have the authority to physically detain her and put her in the vehicle. >> youth center says the doors are not locked and kids are allowed to leave. she was last seen at the bart station with a group of six men. police have not released any information on the teenagers condition or the circumstances of her disappearance. >>> 4:38 this morning. the u.s. supreme court could announce whether it will review the challenge to proposition eight which bans same sex marriage in california. if the justices decide not to hear the case a lower court ruling

missing autistic 16-year-old girl from oakland found in san francisco.er father tells abc 7 news his daughter was badly beaten. shy app white walked away from the care center tuesday night. she was followed by staff members to the fruitvale bart station where they lost sight of her. it's not mostly clear who found the girl or who called police. >> mountain view police tonight arrested 3 people in connection with sexual assault of 13-year-old girl. officers tell us it happened after a night of drinking. victim was found near a school in mountain view. amma has the story. >>reporter: mount view police are investigating the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. they say it happened here at either castro school or the adjoining castro park and playground last night. >> she was located in the school or park area by a couple witnesses intoxicated. and they called the police and that's how it started rolling. >>reporter: police learned the girl had been drinking with tw two, 17-year-old boy and 2 23-year-old man they have identified as mario pinto of sunnyvale.

the study found that moms that remembered having the flu during pregnancy, the risk of having an autistic child doubled, from 1% to 2%. still very, very small. and this type of study is called exploratory. doesn't prove anything but says we have to look at it further. >> let's look at the other risk factors, where does this rank with them? >> you know, it's along the same level. we have some clues. genetic factors are important. we know that autism runs in families. more common in boys. parents age matters, as fathers in particular get older and hit 40, the risk goes up. and then spacing between pregnancies. if you have children closer than ever three years, the risk goes up, too. lots of clues, no hard answers. >> you want to reassure everybody tonight about that 2% and the 98%? >> reporter: that's right. very small number. women who had the flu during pregnancy don't need to worry about this. they should get a flu shot, though, if they are pregnant buzz they are at great risk for the flu. >> thank you, richard besser reporting in. >>> and still ahead on "world news," watch this. a fiery

health matters, a new study links fever during pregnancy with an increased risk of a woman having an autistic baby. the research showed the risk doubled. marianne favro takes a closer look at the study and what bay area pediatricians say moms to-be can do to protect their children. >> reporter: researchers analyzed the information from 97,000 mothers, and they found the increased risk of having a child with autism was linked to how long a woman had a fever during pregnancy. researchers found children of mothers who reported suffering from the flu had twice the risk of being diagnosed with autism before age three, and children whose mother had a fever more more than seven days during pregnancy had a three-fold risk. >> with fever there is a concern that there might be an increased risk of autism. just like with the hot tub where they tell pregnant women don't get your body hot, with prolonged fever, it may affect the developing fetus. >> reporter: but pediatrician dr. christine also cautions mothers to put the new research into perspective. >> the rate in the study was 1 in 100. the study that

on children, pregnant women who have the flow or prolonged favre have a higher risk of having an autistic child. 53 percent more than those who stay healthy through pregnancy. it's they also found that mothers who were on antibiotics during pregnancy also had a high threat. it stressed during pregnancy also impacts kids children are more likely to be bullied at school if their mothers were severely stressed during pregnancy off both during and right after birth it affects a child's distress response and impacts behavior in the motion overdosing in the hospital the chances you will get too much pain killer are greater two boston hospitals reached one conclusion one in every 15 patients gets more than the maximum daily recommendation of acetaminophen at least once during their hospital stay the daily limit is to reduce the chance for liver damage, it's found in tylenol and stronger narcotics like per cassette and fight again those surgical and intensive care units were the greatest victims of acetaminophen overdose. >> this was one for the books today. look at this into this is a clue on wh

until now. >> he was autistic.had seizures. >> reporter: for the first time, preston is publicly acknowledging her late son, jett, had autism. she is also talking about what she believes caused it. >> i strongly believe, as a mother, and as does my husband, that there are certain contributing factors that lead to autism. >> reporter: their 16-year-old son died nearly four years ago, after suffering a seizure, while the family was on vacation in the bahamas. he had come close to death one time before, as a toddler. back in 2001, john travolta told abc news, jett was hospitalized for a rare autoimmune disease, called kawasaki syndrome. >> we thought we were going to lose him. >> reporter: on wednesday's edition of the tv talk show, "the doctors," preston claims there were several factors contributing to jett's autism. her young son had been exposed to carpet cleaning chemicals. but she believes his medical problems could have started everyone earlier, in the womb. >> i had food poisoning when i was five months pregna

. >>> oakland police investigating beating of a severely autistic 16-year-old girl found after being missing for days. shyanne white was found on a bus in san francisco last night after walking away interest a car center tuesday evening. staff members followed her not fruitvale bart station but then lost her. the tribune reports it is not clear why staff didn't restrain or stop the girl when they were following her. white's father who lives in southern california says his daughter has been at that are for about six months. >>> the at fate of same-sex marriage could be decided at the u.s. supreme court today. the justice will debate whether to let stand an appeals court ruling declaring prop 8, the ban, unconstitutional. if it lets that ruling stand same-sex marriage will be legalized within days. legal analyst dean johnson says it won't set a national precedent. >> only issue in front of the court in the prop 8 case, is whether or not california's proposition 8 violates equal protection. the issue of same-sex marriage in the broader sense of a federal constitutional right to same-sex

>> yes. >> -- of the autistic children liketeven and daniel at this british school. >> touch my right >> reporter: with the teachers' guidance, the robots teach them to focus, converse, imitate, even pick up on the subtleties of human emotion that these kids struggle to identify. >> let me give you a clue. it may be joy, surprise, or mockery, what's your guess? >> mockery. >> communicating and interacting with a human being, they're trying to do several things at once, words, body language, and facial expression, that can be difficult for them. >> how does the robot make you feel? >> happy. >> why? >> because he seems happy too. >> she says this idea came by accident after a robotics presentation when a mother became emotional when her autistic son started exuberantly interacting with one, a first for the boy. >> you want to see the kids. >> the program is backed up by research, but you can easily see its effect. >> the joy of it, really. these children who sometimes struggle to interact with the teachers and other people, but for some reason they will quite happily interact with a ro

usc found that pregnant women in highly polluted areas doubled the chances of their children being autistic. >> in he remembers itly. ing air pollution sposh -- in terms of limiting air pollution exposure, it's difficult because we are in the early extent of the studies. >>> a group of young oakland athletes is headed to a championship tournament of the east bay warriors are undefeated this year so now they are head offing to the national pop warner championships in florida. and by definition, they are some of the best child football players in the entire country. >> this whole year we only got scored on one time. >> when it gets to game time, we're ready and focused. >> this is the top of the echelon. this is where the rubber meets the road, they are saying. >> great kids. their discipline spends off the field, too. most of the players have a grade point average better than 3.5. these kids in the next few weeks will be off to florida for the game. their lives. >> they are athletic and smar. >>> could san jose state pull off an upset in college hoops? >> plus the 9ers quarterback controvers

mother who gets very sick with flu or fever during pregnancy may have increased chance of being autistic. the danish study looked at nearly 97,000 children and found kids had twice the risk of being diagnosed with autism before age 3 if their mom got the flu. the risk increased three fold it the mother had a fever more than a week while pregnant. >> common sense would say it wouldn't be good for the baby to be exposed to high temperatures or to a virus that's in your bloodstream. >> reporter: but scientists say the overall risk is still very low and caution the results are very preliminary and could be due to chance. some good news, researchers did not find any link between sinus infections, urinary tract infections or the common cold with autism risk. pregnant women are advised to get the seasonal flu vaccine which the cdc says is completely safe for the unborn child. >>> sky 9 flew over the scene of a terrible crash near new market, maryland, this afternoon. two trucks collided, one of them an 18 wheeler at route 75 and green valley road there are reports of two deaths, but that has no

in kentucky a mother found her autistic eight-year-old son had been stuffed into a duffel bag like this one, especially made to restrain children. >> they held me. >> reporter: in pennsylvania a group of students with behavioral issues described to abc news how they had been tied up or manhandled at previous schools. did it hurt? >> yeah. it really did hurt. >> reporter: jordan described being locked up in one of the isolation boxes? >> it's scary. really scary. even for the bravest person in the world, it's still really scary. >> reporter: and even work there have been dozens of deaths of students after being restrained by teachers or staff who were untrained or did not know the safe procedures. brian ross, abc news. >> brian pointed out in the piece one of the more alarming things there are not a lot of federal standard that guide this kind of thing. goes state by state, even district by district. >> what's odd, like i mentioned earlier, there is corporal punishment in schools. even in this situation, i thought parents had to sort of sign, some sort of waiver allowing the school to im

> and the moms who had a fever which lasted a week or more were three times as likely to have an autistic child. it fits with a growing body of evidence which suggests in some cases, a mother's immune system affect the baby's brain. >>> well, heavy rain has swamped parts of italy, leaving 70% of central venice under water. sea levels in venice peaked at 5 feet above normal, one of the city's highest tide marks on record. people waded through the streets which were flooded to the same level as the famous canals. farther west, flooding and mud slides forced 200 people from their homes in tuscany. >> that looks like scenes from the northeast, ironically enough. wow. >>> back here at home, nascar has one race left in its season, and tempers are running pretty short. here is exhibit "a" from yesterday's race in phoenix. jeff gordon intentionally wrecking clint bowyer near the end of the race. >> when things got heated in the pits between the drivers' crews. very heated may be an understatement. it was an all-out brawl. >> look at them go. gordon said he and bowyer had been at it all season and

i felt thathe child uld be autistic. and, you know, this is obviously a devastating thing for a parent to have to deal with and to accept, and so i dealt with that as compassionately as possible, and it took a long time for the pares of this child to be able to accept that, you know, that this was a reality, first, and that there was a need for the child to be evaluated and to be referred for services. and i also stressed that it was good for the child to be in this program and that it was appropriate and that we cared about this family, both the child and the rent. and so, after a while, ere was this feeling of trust that we established, ich is--something that's very important isstablishing trust wi parents. you know that, yes, you are operating out of concern for my child, and you are not finding him just a difficult person that you want to shfle off somewhere else. and after a while, this parent was able to accept that this was something that was necessary, and i'm happy to say that she did seek help fohim. but breaki

deaf children, dwarfs, autistic, schizophrenibes, children with down syndromees, prodigies.ldren conceived in rape. children who commit serious crimes, and transgender children. they all share what? >> there are many identities passed down from generation to generation. these are all characteristics which, by and large, people don't share with their parents independent same way that someone who is gay, for example, or most deaf children are born to hearing parents or more dwarfs are born to parents of average height, how does a parent dial child who is so different and how does the child find meaning in a peer group? >> rose: what percentage do find that kind of understanding? >> you know, it's hard for me to give you an exact number. in my research, actually, most do. >> rose: most of them. >> yes. of course, people who have not found any meaning or are mill are less likely to make themselves available for an interview. but i found it was extraordinary how often parents who really struggled at the beginning ended up loving their children for who they were, as parents mostly

. >> with an autistic children you have to learn a different emotional language. >> reporter: anotherf. doctors told clinton brown any mother he probably wouldn't survive. >> when i was born my mom refused to see me for three days. she was scared. she thought and said that is my child and i want to take my child home. >> reporter: another chapter, downs syndrome. dierdre says she takes life with katherine one day at a time. >> i am lucky to have her in this period of time too. >> i'm lucky too. >> thank you. >> a long way in at exceptor 10, the book by this yale educated author takes an unexpected turn. >> why did you include crime in the book? >> i wanted to look at how parents love children who by some external standard seem like children who would be unlovable or whom they couldn't embrace. who would be the hardest to love? i thought, okay, how do you go on loving your own child when your own child has proved to be a brutal murderer? >> how do you love this child, dillon kleibold, one of the two teens responsible for the columbine massacre. >> can you say when was the last time tha

one of my siblings has a con they said was autistic. thank god one of my sisters is a physician. in going through this we found out she had sileacksprue. she wondered if this was the problem for her son. we had a kid who was diagnosed or labeled as autistic that as soon as we took him off of wheat, gluten and mick products this kid sits, reads and does everything appropriately. and i think we can manage this practice a little different lifment sometimes we're in the forrest and we don't even understand what we're looking in the trees. the manage these processes by family and start listening to people, asking a question. that's what we as physicians were taught to do is ask questions and listen. and i think that's part of the biggest problem we see in this research aspect is we're not listening. i see the frustration all over your face. we were scheduled to be part of a genetic study. there are ten kids in my family. out of the 17 grandkid 13 have sill acksprue. you'd think you would use our family. sad exkeys we didn't. so we're missing the boat here and we need better coordinati

because he is retired, his autistic son shane was no longer eligible to receive the a.d.a. services that he had previously received. the wait list for medicaid waiver services is over nine years. shane's family had to sell their home to pay the roughly $5,000 per month of out-of-pocket expenses that the a.d.a. treatments require that he so desperately needs. the money is running out for their family, and their family's effort is only to do what's best for their son. without any relief, we risk allowing brave military families just like this one to fall through the cracks. another active duty marine who served in iraq and afghanistan three times has maxed out his therapy treatments to treat his 11-year-old autistic son joshua. joshua is in nonverbal and so safety is a key concern. joshua is prescribed 35 hours of these a.b.a. therapy treatments each week. due to the severity of joshua's symptoms, the family is faced with the nearly impossible decision of foregoing the recommended care for their son or paying the bills out of pocket as long as they are able to. in my opinion

. >> reare expected to learn more about an autistic girl missing oakland who was found two days afterisappeared. the 16-year-old's father said investigators said his daughter was beaten and raped. police say the girl walked away from the youth center on tuesday night. staff followed her but lost sight of her near the bart station. we spoke to her father and he wants the center held responsible. >> they tracked her by vehicle and on foot for five hours, never detaining her, which they have the authority to physically detain her and put her in the vehicle. >> the youth center said the doors are not locked and kids are allowed to leave. according to the father she was last seen with a group of six men. police haven't released any information on the teen's condition or the circumstances of her disappearance. >> oakland city officials are moving ahead with a plan to put more police out there on the street. two councilmembers want to hire 20 civilians to work as police service techs as a way to free up 20 officers to be out there patrolling. they want to bring on 11 sheriff deputies to patr

only later did we learn this word autistic.en i gave birth you sent us picture books of mother goose and said yes it's jonah who will will be 23 in the year 2000. who could imagine such a year? and i don't want to squabble about what killed you that very year, whether you're smoking or drinking did or did not cause your heart to stop without warning. >> the passkey which slipped all locks. >> curiously i find myself back in your house, your narrow but cramped living room in carol gardens, your house, yet not your house in the way of all dream houses. i answer the telephone. a female voice, an no friend of yours perhaps it is jay calling from austin says she has lost a favorite recipe for cocoa, catherine's recipe and can she have her telephone number? my reply a whelping plea. my sister is no longer alive. eisler this word alive, repeat it, the fowls constricting my throat, the long i and to silence the e's. i am not saying my sister is dead or good don't you know? avoid this word that begins and ends with its dark finite conso