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CDC Figures Show Rise In Autism
NEW YORK (CBS13) - Samantha Remi is learning to read. The seven year old has autism. She was diagnosed at 22 months old. Sam didn’t have words, but the few sounds that she did have she started getting...
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Autistic Yuba City Boy Benefits From Canine Companion
YUBA CITY (CBS13) – When Reeve Basile gets anxious he has dangerously run across Highway 99 on many occasions. His new buddy will help keep him out of harm’s way. His mom wants people to know Reeve...
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School Assignment helps Autistic Boy Break Silence
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Johnny Blair is a 6th grader at Foothill Oaks Elementary School; and until recently, not many people had ever heard his voice. “Just a year ago he wasn’t talking at school at...
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Local Boy’s Treatment Could Lead To Breakthrough For Autism
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – It is a groundbreaking clinical trial, treating autism using a child’s own stem cells, and one local boy’s own medical miracle gave his doctor the idea. He’ll smile for his photo...
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TTYM: Stephen A. Smith Said What?? And People Like Mike Vick
Stephen, Please! ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith came under fire Thursday for using a racial slur on Thursday’s edition of First Take. The comment happened during a discussion of whether or not Kobe Bryant...
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Profiled: An Elementary School Teacher In Sacramento
Teacher Sarah Kesty works with special kids at Oakdale Elementary School in Sacramento. She is part of The Learning Center, a resource specialist program for students from kindergarten through eighth...
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Mother Of Autistic Boy Taken To Wrong School Upset Over School’s Response
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A kindergartner with autism got on the right school bus but ended up at the wrong school, and it’s the way his mother found out about happened to her son that has her worked up....
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UPDATED: Body Of Missing Autistic Clearlake Girl Found
CLEARLAKE (CBS13) — The body of a 9-year-old girl with the mental capacity of a 1-year-old has been found after she wandered away from her family’s home. The search has ended for Mikaela Lynch, who...
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Master’s Degree Is Key To Success For Speech Therapist In Sacramento
Felice Clark is a certified speech therapist, also known as a speech-language pathologist, or SLP, with the Twin Rivers Unified School District in Sacramento. Clark earned a bachelor’s degree in speech...
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UC Davis Study: Half Of Kids With 22Q May Be Misdiagnosed As Autistic
DAVIS (CBS13) — A groundbreaking UC Davis study says up to half of kids with a specific genetic disorder may be misdiagnosed as autistic. According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention,...
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MIND Institute Helps Parents Find Right Treatments For Autism
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The numbers are rising: According to the Centers For Disease Control, 1 in 88 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. CBS13 caught up with two families who have taken...
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Customers Step Up To Refill Stolen Autism Donations From Turlock Store
TURLOCK (CBS13) — Days after someone swiped $50 in autism donations from a store, customers are turning the bad situation into a good one. The store is collecting the money for Autism Speaks in the...
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UC Davis Finds Link Between Autism, Mental-Health Drugs During Pregnancy
DAVIS (CBS13) — UC Davis researchers have found a link between certain mental-health drugs taken during pregnancy and autism. Amy Konold is expecting her second daughter in July, but this pregnancy...
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Researchers Find Link Between Pesticides And Autism, Developmental Delay
Local scientists have uncovered a possible connection between women who live near places that use pesticides and autism. Researchers say a pregnant woman’s chances of having a child with autism...
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UC Davis Researchers Find Farm Pesticides May Increase Chances Of Having...
LODI (CBS13) — New findings from UC Davis researchers suggest farm pesticides may increase the chances of having a child with autism. The information in the study isn’t surprising to many families who...
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Measles Outbreak: To Vaccinate Or Not Vaccinate
With the potential to affect thousands, the recent outbreak of measles in the U.S. has placed a spotlight on a debate that’s raged for years. Recently, 26 cases of measles, a highly contagious and...
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Women Plan Fairfield Farm To Employ Autistic Adults
http://media.sacramento.cbslocal.com/CBSSAC_2601201523041500000AA.mp4 FAIRFIELD (CBS13) — Two Bay Area women have a unique idea to employ adults with autism on a Fairfield farm. Ben Stanley, 26,...
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Parents Suing School Districts Claiming Autistic Daughter Was Molested By Bus...
http://media.sacramento.cbslocal.com/CBSSAC_1802201517295700000AA.mp4 DAVIS (CBS13) — The parents of a girl with autism are suing two school districts, saying she was molested by her bus driver. Emily...
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Davis Parents Sue School Districts, Bus Driver Over Alleged Molestation Of...
http://media.sacramento.cbslocal.com/CBSSAC_1802201522343100000AA.mp4 DAVIS (CBS13) — The parents of a young girl with autism are suing two school districts, alleging a bus driver molested their...
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UC Davis Scientists Exploring Link Between Autism, Syndrome Found In Newborn...
http://media.sacramento.cbslocal.com/CBSSAC_1902201517370100000AA.mp4 DAVIS (CBS13) — Scientists at UC Davis have started a groundbreaking new study into a possible link between a syndrome found in...
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