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Chair of Congressional Black Caucus Joyce Beatty and California Congresswoman Karen Bass Headline National Autism Conference By LAWT News Service     Congressional Black Caucus Chair Hon. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and California Congresswoman Hon. Karen Bass (D-CA) will keynote a national autism conference on Saturday, April 10, 2021 sponsored by California-based autism and social justice organization Special Needs Network (SNN). Themed “Rise Up,” the 15th annual Tools for Transformation Conference will bring together leading medical, educational and social justice experts.  Speakers inclu...

DoD’s conclusions ‘flawed’ about military children’s progress with autism therapy, expert says March 9 DoD's Autism Care Demonstration project offers Applied Behavior Analysis therapy, which encourages positive behaviors and discourages negative behaviors to improve a variety of skills. World Autism Awareness Day is April 2. (iStock/Getty Images) The Defense Department’s conclusion that military children with autism were not making progress with a key treatment has substantial flaws and is based on “incompetent” interpretation of the data, according to a new report. The re...

University to Hold Day of Giving March 9 Feb. 28, 2021 Share This: #TitansGive, Cal State Fullerton’s annual day of giving, is an opportunity for the entire Titan family to come together (virtually) to support student success. The March 9 event is a 24-hour online donation marathon filled with fun giving challenges, contests and sponsored matches, and all gifts go toward the university’s “It Takes a Titan” campaign. On last year’s inaugural day of giving, Titans rallied to raise more than $230,000 in one day. A year later, the need remains great, and has only been exacerbat...

The Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District has 1,460 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to administer at a clinic Thursday at the Abilene Convention Center, with more coming next week. "We anticipate that we will be able to get a sixth dose out of some of the vials," said Annette Lerma, public health director, potentially turning that supply into about 1,600 doses. Because of scheduling, the health district had announced Wednesday morning that walk-up availability might be accepted at the Thursday clinic. By 3:20 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, however, officials announced that all appointm...

Leaders in South L.A. say they need to fight vaccine distrust in communities of color Replay Video UP NEXT The COVID-19 vaccine is the light at the end of the tunnel for this pandemic. But there are many people who don't trust the vaccine. In a show of unity, local community leaders are committing to building trust with the people in South Los Angeles. Like so many, behavior therapist Elvis DeJesus was weary of the new COVID-19 vaccines. "I was a little bit hesitant," he said. But since he works with special needs students, he came to St. John's Well Child and Family Center to get his first ...