MARTHA HALLORAN IS 26 YEARS OLD, AND SHE’S BEEN PART OF THE NASHOBA LEARNING GROUP FOR MOST OF HER LIFE. WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO ON FRIDAYS AND ON TUESDAYS? WARREN CHILL. VOLUNTEERING. YOU GOT IT.

Bensonhurst — A group home for autistic young people has opened at the site of the former St. Finbar Church convent on Bay 19th Street, bringing to fruition a long-held dream of Bill Guarinello, the ...

Jennifer readily admits her 24-year-old son, incontinent and diagnosed with autism and psychiatric disorders, is “not easy.” But she says it’s outrageous that he was assaulted and neglected in each of ...

Most of Diana’s 59 years were spent trying to figure out a social world that mystified her. Finally, well into middle age, she received a diagnosis that explained her struggles ─ autism. She learned ...