Former Miss Missouri Hayley Leach-Stratton is weighing in on recent claims linking Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism. Leach, whose brother Mathew is on the autism spectrum, told Missourine that she and Mathew attended the World Autism Tech Conference in April,...
University of Missouri researcher Noah Glaser, along with Matthew Schmidt, an associate professor at the University of Georgia, partnered on a pair of studies geared toward providing autistic people virtual training opportunities to practice using a public bus to get...
An organization that provides support to more than 5,000 Missouri children and adults with disabilities continues to provide essential needs and programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Easterseals Midwest executive vice president Jeanne Marshall says they provide...
Legislation meant to help the families of children with autism and other disorders has reached the Governor’s desk, in the eighth year it has been offered. Representative Dwight Scharnhorst (R-St. Louis) named Bryce’s Law for his grandson, who died in 2007...
Health insurers regulated by the state would have to cover treatment for autism under a bill that has passed the House and moved to the Senate. Rep. Dwight Scharnhorst (R-Manchester) said during his opening remarks on the House floor that his bill would mandate the...
