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How one mother's battle is changing police training on disabilities

How one mother's battle is changing police training on disabilities

Patti Saylor's son Ethan, who had Down syndrome, died after an encounter with law enforcement when he was 26. She believes his death could have been prevented with better police training.
by Meg Anderson

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Mother of a son with autism thanks a stranger who helped: 'Nobody does what you do'

Mother of a son with autism thanks a stranger who helped: 'Nobody does what you do'

At StoryCorps, Ellen Hughes tells Keith Miller, who also has a son with autism, how much it meant to her when he comforted her son Walker on a difficult visit to the ER last year.
by Lindsey Feingold and Aisha Turner

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Swallowed toys, coins, batteries spark rise in tot ER visits

Swallowed toys, coins, batteries spark rise in tot ER visits

In 2015, there were nearly 43,000 such visits among kids under 6, compared with 22,000 in 1995, according to a study published Friday in the journal Pediatrics. The rate jumped from almost 10 per 10,000 ER visits to 18 per 10,000.
by The Associated Press

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A mother of a son with autism thanks a stranger who helped: 'Nobody does what you do'

A mother of a son with autism thanks a stranger who helped: 'Nobody does what you do'

At StoryCorps, Ellen Hughes tells Keith Miller, who also has a son with autism, how much it meant to her when he comforted her son Walker on a difficult visit to the ER last year.
by Lindsey Feingold and Aisha Turner

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When a nurse is prosecuted for a fatal medical mistake, does it make medicine safer?

When a nurse is prosecuted for a fatal medical mistake, does it make medicine safer?

A nurse was charged with reckless homicide and abuse after mistakenly giving a patient a fatal dose of the wrong medicine. Patient safety experts say this may actually make hospitals less safe.
by Mara Gordon

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