Kennedy Krieger Institute

Kennedy Krieger researchers pinpoint cause of rare disease

2013-05-17 20:20:00

It's a dream Ida Heck never really expected to come true. Her family has raised about $1 million since 2005 for research into the rare disorder that afflicts her 8-year-old daughter, Jenna, resulting in cognitive deficits, seizures, long-lasting...

Hug made major contributions to Baltimore's institutions

2013-05-11 09:30:00

The obituary for Richard E. Hug (May 7) fell far short of honoring the legacy of a man who dedicated so many years to helping make Baltimore's non-profits better able to fulfill their missions. While the obit focused on Dick's political fundraising,...

Bel Air honors Harford Day students

2013-05-09 13:49:00

The members of the Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners honored two Harford Day School students Monday for their dedication to the arts, their studies and the community. Avery Riedel and Klia Trintis, both eighth-graders, received Student Achievement...

Connecting workers on the autism spectrum with tech jobs

2013-04-28 00:00:00

Data entry is repetitive and hard to do well — that is, quickly and accurately. Shane Foley is great at it. The 21-year-old Ellicott City man works on two computer screens, eyeing images of handwritten sheets on one and clicking the information...

A ROAR of support in Roland Park for national Autism Awareness Month

2013-04-24 06:17:00

Sitting at the kitchen counter, playing a game on his mother's cellphone, Nick Brooks looked like any other 13-year-old, except for an occasional hand clap and the burbles that his brothers affectionately call "Nicky noises." Soon, he got bored with the...

Autism fundraiser a family affair for Carreras of Towson

2013-04-23 09:01:00

Towson resident Melanie Carrera said it was "divine intervention" that brought a researcher from the Kennedy Krieger Institute's Center for Autism and Related Disorders into her home and helped diagnose her son, Brent, with an autism spectrum disorder....

Spring heat rises in Baltimore, and so does city violence

2013-04-11 16:53:00

As record heat baked Baltimore, a wave of violence unfurled across the city: six shootings and eight people wounded over a period of less than eight hours. The first shots were fired around dinnertime Wednesday, and the violence continued until after...

Seven men, one woman shot in separate incidents in Baltimore

2013-04-11 09:33:36

Eight people were shot in six incidents in Baltimore on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning and all were expected to survive. The shootings all occurred within an almost eight hour period that stretched from dinnertime Wednesday until just after...

Record heat forecast Wednesday, with highs around 90 degrees

2013-04-09 18:13:00

Maryland skipped over spring and went straight to summer-like weather Tuesday, as a "Bermuda high" system more common to June or July created a chance for record-breaking heat on Wednesday. Temperatures reached 85 degrees at Baltimore-Washington...

Eight years after paralysis, Van Brooks continues moving forward

2013-04-06 11:49:00

Last September, Van Brooks walked for the first time in eight years. A wobbly video, recorded on a smartphone and posted on Facebook, shows the lower body of an undeterrable young man. Legs violently shaking as he refuses to accept his initial...

Kennedy Krieger doctor and Mary Beth Marsden contribute to book about raising kids with autism

2013-04-05 07:58:00

Anne Moore Burnett knew the other moms at the playground were rolling their eyes at her. Her son wouldn't go down the slide unless it was clean, so she was looking around for a stray napkin or anything she could find to wipe it down. As she felt their...

Md. regent said to have used controversial therapy for autism

2013-03-05 18:28:25

Two years after a Maryland doctor lost his medical license for using a controversial treatment for autistic patients, the state Board of Physicians has suspended his business partner for allegedly writing the same dangerous prescription for several...

Jean Brooks calms her son Nicky, who has autism, as they stood for a portrait at their home in Roland Park. Jean is on the planning committee for Kennedy Krieger Institute's ROAR for Autism fundraiser set for April 28.

2013-04-24 05:50:00

Rebecca Zimmerman, a teacher at the Kennedy Krieger Institute Center for Autism and Related Disorders, uses the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis to teach a student at the center.

2013-01-02 00:00:00

Sophie Escalante, 3, and her brother, alex Escalante, 6, from Phoenix, MD, have fun watching the train display at The Festival of Trees-Kennedy Krieger Institute Inc. which was held at Timonium Fairgrounds.

2012-11-25 00:00:00