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Naomi Levov, Niv Majar and Ben Yosipovich are the three main characters in 'On the Spectrum' (Courtesy YES)
June 29, 2018, 8:03 am
TV’s ‘On the Spectrum’ is a clever, heartstring-tugging comedy
Co-creator Dana Idisis made sure the actors didn’t just ‘play the diagnosis’ in a new YES series about young adults with developmental disabilities
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Young people hold pictures of children murdered at the city hospital under the Nazi euthanasia program of the physically or mentally handicapped, and their brains and other remains then used for decades for medical research, during a public service in Vienna's Central Cemetery where the last two specimens are buried, April 28, 2002. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
April 19, 2018, 11:52 am
Dr. Asperger ‘actively cooperated’ with Nazis, study says
Pioneering pediatrician ‘publicly legitimized race hygiene policies including forced sterilizations,’ and sent children to their deaths, according to new research
By AFP
Ethical Jam
April 20, 2016, 11:57 am
Ethical Jam
My brother is kind of a jerk, but…
What do you do when there may be a neurological reason for why someone is making you miserable?
The Beit Ekstein high school campus in Givatayim. (YouTube screenshot)
December 29, 2015, 11:26 pm
Israel to open its first college for autistic students
Undergraduate tracks at BE Academic College will also prepare those with learning disabilities for the workforce
By TOI staff
President of the Autism Society Scott Badesch (Photo credit: Youtube screen capture)
October 31, 2014, 10:06 pm
Disability groups blast use of Asperger’s to insult PM
Organizations bristle at administration officials’ derogatory reference to syndrome; White House apologizes
By Itamar Sharon
Bus No. 195, the 'mishpocha,' in the orange grove (photo credit: Courtesy)
January 4, 2013, 9:53 am
Aboard the Asperger’s bus, a quirky ‘mishpocha’
Members of a Birthright group talk about the joys of seeing the country with people just like themselves
By Jessica Steinberg
December 24, 2012, 6:51 pm
Zuckerman pledges $200 million to Columbia University
Donation by Jewish communal leader and billionaire will fund institute devoted to the human brain
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