Learning and Developmental Disorders

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Ritalin on Trial

While some Houston parents fight what they charge is "a river of Ritalin" running through the schools, one father has gone to court to try to prove that, for his son, Ritalin use is Ritalin abuse.

Letters

While some Houston parents fight what they charge is "a river of Ritalin" running through the schools, one father has gone to court to try to prove that, for his son, Ritalin use is Ritalin abuse.

Press Picks

While some Houston parents fight what they charge is "a river of Ritalin" running through the schools, one father has gone to court to try to prove that, for his son, Ritalin use is Ritalin abuse.

You Weren't Cured Of Down Syndrome, But You Can Get A Refund

Photo courtesy AGs officeGuess what? You can't take a pill with something called "glyconutrients" and cure Down Syndrome or cystic fibrosis.But if you're a Texan who thought you could, you can at least get your money back.Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced a settlement today against Mannat ... More >>

An Award for Our Writer

Photo courtesy AGs officeGuess what? You can't take a pill with something called "glyconutrients" and cure Down Syndrome or cystic fibrosis.But if you're a Texan who thought you could, you can at least get your money back.Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced a settlement today against Mannat ... More >>

Houston Artist Overcoming Autism To Make Music For Hollywood, Maybe

Houston singer Kyle Cousins is making Hollywood take notice, not only because the 19-year-old suffers from autism, but because his songs rock.The fashionable teen already has a bevy of his songs available on iTunes and now it looks like one of his songs is up for consideration as the theme for a new ... More >>

Extreme Makeovers

Chuck Close takes apart people's faces and puts them back together again

“Emotional Realism”

Aurora Picture Show offers a psyche-shaking program

Attention Deficit Improv

Web exclusive!

“How Healing Becomes Killing: Eugenics, Euthanasia and Extermination”

This exhibit explores the horrors behind the “mercy killings” of the Holocaust

Kid Koala

Kid Koala spins 8 p.m. Saturday, July 28, in MFAH's Audrey Jones Beck Building, 5601 Main, 713-639-7300. $15 nonmembers; $10 students with ID. Eighteen and up.

High Scores

Students are using drugs illegally not to party down, but to get better marks on exams

Why Johnny Might Someday Be Able to Read

When Eldo Bergman confronted his son's reading problems, he took the scientific approach. Now he is trying to convince schools to do the same.

Bobby Lee

Connie Chung never looked so good - or so funny

"Manipulation"

At 12 years old, Stephen Sumrall Orsak has a jump start on his art career

NANO Fiction Reading Series: Casey Fleming and Sophie Rosenblum

Two local authors give us pithy, pulpy fiction

Winter Wallace Doodles Up Support For Autism Research

​Winter Wallace, local singer-songwriter and front woman of the Winter Wallace Band, has the voice of a celestial being and, evidently, the heart of one too. Wallace recently started a project called "Autism & Art," where she will be collaborating with artists across various media to raise mon ... More >>

Concert Pub's Battle Of The Bands Wages War On Autism

​Autism is a developmental disorder that currently affects nine out of every 1,000 American children, a number that has steadily risen since the 1980s. Symptoms usually appear by age three, and often encompass difficulties in communicating within normal developmental and social parameters. La ... More >>

HISD Thinks Too Many African American Kids May Be in Special Ed

Margaret DowningTerry Grier thinks more changes are needed for special ed in HISD.​Houston ISD Superintendent Terry Grier has reason to believe his district has tagged too many African American students with mental retardation and emotional disturbance labels, and that it may be underserving ... More >>

Halloween Bash Benefiting Easter Seals of Greater Houston

Margaret DowningTerry Grier thinks more changes are needed for special ed in HISD.​Houston ISD Superintendent Terry Grier has reason to believe his district has tagged too many African American students with mental retardation and emotional disturbance labels, and that it may be underserving ... More >>