Millions of children and adults have seizures in the United States, but dying from one is rare. That only adds to the confusion and mystery surrounding the life and death of Jett Travolta, the 16-year-old son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston. ...more

January 6, 2009

PlayMania, a local interactive center for children, will host a fundraiser Sept. 28 to benefit Sydney's School for Autism, the only school in the county catering to youngsters with the nation's fastest-growing developmental disorder. ...more

September 17, 2008

House legislation that initially pitted the needs of developmentally disabled children against those of the poor now contains reforms that advocates for poor children were seeking all along. ...more

May 2, 2008

Carla and Robert Burgess faced a hard decision: They could either pay for Robert's chemotherapy and radiation treatments, or pay the rent. ...more

December 24, 2007

College brought Patrick Ayers leadership positions on both the freshman leadership council and his fraternity, a hearing officer post on the honor court and mostly A grades. ...more

December 2, 2007

The country's leading pediatricians group is making its strongest push yet to have all children screened for autism twice by age 2, warning of symptoms such as babies who don't babble at 9 months and 1-year-olds who don't point to toys. ...more

October 29, 2007