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Girl charged in father's death struggled with mental health
Morgan Lane Arnold, an emotionally frail 14-year-old freshman, navigated the hallways of her Howard County high school each day filled with anxiety, unable because of a learning disorder to decipher the social cues, jokes and emotions of her peers. Her...
Tags: Social Media, Ellicott City, Mental Health, Anxiety, Learning Disability
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Carroll parents file complaint after teacher placed on leave
The Maryland State Department of Education plans to launch an investigation into a complaint filed by the parents of nine New Windsor Middle School students earlier this week, department spokesman Bill Reinhard said Wednesday. Parents filed a...Tags: Mount Airy, Teachers, Students, Behavioral Conditions, Carroll County (Maryland)
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Kennedy Krieger to offer free autism screenings for some infants
Kennedy Krieger Institute has announced a new program that will offer free autism screenings to infants between five and 10 months who have a sibling with autism. “We launched this initiative to increase the likelihood of identifying children...
Tags: American School for the Deaf, Behavioral Conditions
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Summer sports camps continue registration
Submitting sports notices The deadline for submitting sports copy is 9 a.m. on Monday. We prefer email (howardcountysports@patuxent.com). Lacrosse The Howard Boys Lacrosse program is offering two camps this summer at Howard High School. The first...Tags: Students, High School Sports, Water Tower, Lacrosse, Teaching and Learning
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Bereaved Parents meets third Wednesdays
These groups meet regularly. Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group — Third Wednesday, 5:30 p.m., at Lighthouse Senior Living at Ellicott City, 3100 N. Ridge Road, Ellicott City. 410-465-2288. Bereaved Parents, USA — Third Wednesday, 8 p.m....Tags: Christianity, Death and Dying Customs, Palliative Care, Diseases and Illnesses, Ellicott City
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Summer sports camps accepting registration
Submitting sports notices The deadline for submitting sports copy is 9 a.m. on Monday. We prefer email (howardcountysports@patuxent.com). Lacrosse The Howard Boys Lacrosse program is offering two camps this summer at Howard High School. The first...Tags: High School Sports, Lacrosse
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Sanitized society puts hygiene hypothesis to the test
Is the American body politic suffering from an autoimmune disease? The "hygiene hypothesis" is the scientific theory that the rise in asthma and other autoimmune maladies stems from the fact that babies are born into environments that are too clean. Our...
Tags: Asthma, Racism, Civil Rights, Physical Conditions, Social Sciences
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Bosley leads 172 runners to finish line of Adam Thompson 5K
Adam Bosley of Bel Air finished far ahead of a pack of 172 runners to win the Adam Thompson 5K Sunday. Elizabeth Roark of Conowingo won the women's race in the second annual benefit race held at Harford Community College. Bosley, 23, completed the course...Tags: Harford Community College, Demographics, Road Running, Duathlon, Oyster Festival
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Connecting workers on the autism spectrum with tech jobs
Data entry is repetitive and hard to do well — that is, quickly and accurately. Shane Foley is great at it. The 21-year-old Ellicott City man works on two computer screens, eyeing images of handwritten sheets on one and clicking the information...
Tags: Howard County, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ellicott City, Asperger Syndrome, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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A ROAR of support in Roland Park for national Autism Awareness Month
Sitting at the kitchen counter, playing a game on his mother's cellphone, Nick Brooks looked like any other 13-year-old, except for an occasional hand clap and the burbles that his brothers affectionately call "Nicky noises." Soon, he got bored with the...
Tags: Soups, Breads, Foods and Beverages, McDonald's, Apple iPad
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Autism fundraiser a family affair for Carreras of Towson
Towson resident Melanie Carrera said it was "divine intervention" that brought a researcher from the Kennedy Krieger Institute's Center for Autism and Related Disorders into her home and helped diagnose her son, Brent, with an autism spectrum disorder....
Tags: Washington, DC, Hospitals and Clinics, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Culture, Social Sciences
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Valuing differences, choosing inclusion
Growing up in the 1970s, I never set foot in a school until it was time for me to go to kindergarten. However, times have changed. Over the past three decades, the number of preschools in our country has grown exponentially, and with this growth comes the...Tags: Elementary Schools, Schools, Teachers, Early Learning, Preschools
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