Jessie Manley stepped to the podium to address the Leon Valley City Council. Manley, the mother of an autistic child, was there Aug. 20 to encourage city leaders to take a step toward making Leon ...

Communication boards have been installed at three local playgrounds to make the parks more inclusive. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The Centerville-Washington Park ...

When Bloomington resident Kristie Lofland heard about a boy with autism in her neighborhood who left his home unsupervised and had trouble communicating with the police officers who found him, she ...

A communication board is a device that displays photos, symbols, or illustrations to help people with limited language skills express themselves. The user can gesture, point to, or blink at images to ...

With the help of the Oakland Intermediate School district, communication tools are helping students with disabilities socialize and communicate. Several hundred classrooms across all 28 county school ...

GOOD EVENING. I’M VICKI DORTCH. TONIGHT POLICE IN CHARLESTOWN ARE ARMED WITH A NEW TOOL TO HELP PROTECT SOME OF THE COMMUNITY’S MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS. WLKY DREW GARDNER IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM TO ...

The communication boards are designed to assist individuals with communication challenges, including nonverbal children, early learners, and non-English speakers. They are colorful and symbol-based to ...