Jamie Margolin had not expected to be sitting in her bedroom right now.The high school senior had prom and graduation coming up, as well as a multi-state bus...
CHICAGO: It is Saturday morning, and 10-year-old Henry Hailey is up at the crack of dawn. Still in PJs, his microphone-equipped headphones glowing blue in the...
CHICAGO: Ayrial Miller is clearly annoyed. Her mother is sitting with her on the couch in their Chicago apartment, scrolling through the teen’s contacts on...
Though he cannot speak, Benjamin Alexander has much to say, one typed word at a time.Ben was diagnosed with nonverbal autism and epilepsy a few months before...
CHICAGO: A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds that 78 percent of young people, ages 12 to 17, now have cellphones. Nearly half of...
CHICAGO: Setting foot in a hospital again, Emily and Mike Jordan couldn't help but feel anxious. More than two years before, at age 29, Emily had been...