The program helps people learn practical life skills, as well as building skills to find employment — things that may feel ...

Budget shortfalls and nearly $1 trillion in looming federal Medicaid cuts have prompted states to rein in spending on a widely embraced autism therapy, pinching families who depend on the services.

From 2018 to 2025, Smart Therapy Center submitted claims totaling $31.8 million across all Department of Human Services ...

Smart Therapy Center is an autism center housed inside this building on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer. A former supervisor at a Minneapolis autism therapy ...

Treating people with autism with musical theater, organic farming and more. After weeks of rehearsals, Tommy Abelson took to the stage for his big night, something no one ever thought would be ...

The 12-week CNC Machine Operation training program is already placing participants in high-demand industries such as ...

A s Otto Lewis, a sophomore at Western Kentucky University, sees it, he’s actually pretty lucky. True, he has autism, a developmental disorder that makes navigating college — and life in general — ...

An in-depth look at the massive fraud crisis engulfing Minnesota, including the Feeding Our Future scandal, housing ...

On March 19, 2024, parents representing elementary school children with autism sat patiently while the superintendent of education eloquently described the strengths neurodiversity brings to education ...

Trump has capitalized on the fraud cases to target the Somalia diaspora in Minnesota, which has the largest Somali population ...

CHANGE ALL THAT. AND IN HONOR OF AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH THIS MONTH, WE ARE DIVING INTO SPECTRUM SAILING AND HOW IT’S DOING SO MANY OF OUR KIDS IN A NEW AND POSITIVE DIRECTION. SCOTT HERMAN IS USING ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has shone a spotlight on autism, pledging in a recent press conference to figure out the “cause” of ...