Because of sensory overload, haircuts are often difficult and even painful for children with autism. James Williams, a barber from Port Talbot, Wales, had been trying to find a way…
As a cancer survivor, McDowell had been on the receiving end of some good-intentioned wishes that were a little, well, tone-deaf. She wanted to help people find the right thing…
This past summer, 16-year-old Selena Garcia arrived at the writing workshop at Represent, a quarterly magazine by and for youth in foster care. She was in constant motion: spinning in…
Essena O’Neill has had enough…and now she’s exposing the ugly truth behind the #filter and the flash like you’ve never seen before. Meet Essena O’Neill, a beautiful 18-year-old Australian bombshell….
A South African man who gave Rugby World Cup final tickets worth R25 000 to a New Zealand couple said he knew they would have a phenomenal time. United…
Michigan high school students are redefining the term “extracurricular activity.” In addition to club meetings, band practices and football games, University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy teens are…
When Ed Sheeran found out that a childhood friend of his wasn’t able to come up with her mortgage payment, he invited her to write with him on his album….
As stated by Laurie Halse Anderson, “There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh,…
Like many kids, 6-year-old Alexis has big dreams. But while some kids dream about defying gravity as an astronaut, or being the star ballerina in the Nutcracker, Alexis dreams of…
Two students with Down Syndrome at Central Bucks High School South in Pennsylvania were crowned this year’s Homecoming King and Queen. To say Nick McGee got excited about the…
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