Kids with autism meet Santa in calmer environment after malls across US open early
Malls across the country are opening early this holiday season so children with autism can visit Santa in a calmer environment.
Malls across the country are opening early this holiday season so children with autism can visit Santa in a calmer environment.
‘It just clicked’: Daughter’s recess struggle leads mom to design innovative wheelchair ‘bodycoat’
A Michigan mother took matters into her own hands a designed a special coat to keep her daughter who is in a wheelchair warm.
A Michigan mother took matters into her own hands a designed a special coat to keep her daughter who is in a wheelchair warm.
100-year-old Georgia grandmother becomes U.S. citizen
She's about to turn 101 and this Georgia grandmother is celebrating with a big milestone - she's now officially a U.S. citizen.
She's about to turn 101 and this Georgia grandmother is celebrating with a big milestone - she's now officially a U.S. citizen.
‘Community over competition’: Local coffee shop lends helping hand to competitor battling cancer
A local coffee shop owner in Oregon helped keep a competitor’s store open while one of its owners battles terminal cancer from a hospice.
A local coffee shop owner in Oregon helped keep a competitor’s store open while one of its owners battles terminal cancer from a hospice.
5-year-old boy diagnosed with brain cancer rides off to treatment on a magical ‘unicorn’
A 5-year-old boy who loves unicorns got a magical sendoff from his kindergarten classmates and community after finding out that he would need treatment for brain cancer.
A 5-year-old boy who loves unicorns got a magical sendoff from his kindergarten classmates and community after finding out that he would need treatment for brain cancer.
Non-verbal teen with autism speaks for 1st time, breaks out in song amid visit to Christmas lights display
Marisabel Figueroa was told her daughter Kaitlyn — who was diagnosed with autism at 3 years old — would never be able to communicate. And Kaitlyn never uttered a word until this year.
Marisabel Figueroa was told her daughter Kaitlyn — who was diagnosed with autism at 3 years old — would never be able to communicate. And Kaitlyn never uttered a word until this year.
Bullied fan's T-shirt design helps raise $950K for nonprofit
The young University of Tennessee fan that was bullied last week for a homemade shirt he wore to his school’s collegiate day was shown an outpouring of support that has since inspired the university to make his design into an official piece of apparel. Sales of the shirt have raised nearly $1 million for an anti-bullying organization.
The young University of Tennessee fan that was bullied last week for a homemade shirt he wore to his school’s collegiate day was shown an outpouring of support that has since inspired the university to make his design into an official piece of apparel. Sales of the shirt have raised nearly $1 million for an anti-bullying organization.
‘Send me a selfie’: This grandpa asking his friends for selfies is the most wholesome thing ever
An Ohio grandpa has gone viral after his grandson captured a video of him asking his friends for selfies to store in his new iPhone.
An Ohio grandpa has gone viral after his grandson captured a video of him asking his friends for selfies to store in his new iPhone.
Baby's first Christmas! Santa stops by NICU at Memorial Hermann
Santa Claus stopped by to make Christmas even more memorable for the tiniest infants and their families in the NICU at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital.
Santa Claus stopped by to make Christmas even more memorable for the tiniest infants and their families in the NICU at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital.
91-year-old Buffalo, Minnesota man receives high school diploma
After eighth grade, Clifford Hanson dropped out of school to serve on the family farm. After a lifetime educating himself, his former school district awarded him a diploma.
After eighth grade, Clifford Hanson dropped out of school to serve on the family farm. After a lifetime educating himself, his former school district awarded him a diploma.
‘They are her puppies now’: Orphaned puppies adopted by dog 5 days after she lost her own litter
When a litter of orphaned puppies suddenly needed a caregiver after their own mother passed away from seizures, the rescue Secondhand Hounds had the perfect match — a mama dog who had lost her own litter of puppies just five days earlier after they were born premature.
When a litter of orphaned puppies suddenly needed a caregiver after their own mother passed away from seizures, the rescue Secondhand Hounds had the perfect match — a mama dog who had lost her own litter of puppies just five days earlier after they were born premature.
84-year-old Oakland woman hikes 300 miles along the Camino de Santiago
“It’s simple,” Hanna Alger said. “ There’s nothing that I have to do other than get up and move one foot in front of the other. I can start when I want and I can stop whenever I want and it just lets me be me.”
“It’s simple,” Hanna Alger said. “ There’s nothing that I have to do other than get up and move one foot in front of the other. I can start when I want and I can stop whenever I want and it just lets me be me.”
10-year-old California girl celebrates birthday giving food to homeless
“She’s a really sweet kid,” her mother, Kara Simmons Hernandez, said.
“She’s a really sweet kid,” her mother, Kara Simmons Hernandez, said.