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Social Issues

How an air traveler with autism found strength in a stranger's kindness

How an air traveler with autism found strength in a stranger's kindness

Russell Lehmann, who has autism, suffered a major meltdown at the airport in June. An airline employee saw him and tried to help. That "meant the world," Russell says, and changed his life.
by Heidi Glenn and Mia Warren

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'What is normal?': Friends discuss poetry and growing up with autism

'What is normal?': Friends discuss poetry and growing up with autism

Lauren Hughes and Alex Junge are friends who both work at Midwest Special Services in the Twin Cities. They recently sat down in the StoryCorps Airstream trailer for a conversation about life with autism.
by Jim Bickal and Sara Porter

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Anti-Semitic graffiti mars monument near Madison synagogue

The executive director of Jewish Social Services of Madison said the graffiti was particularly disturbing because Wednesday was the start of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year. The graffiti has since been cleaned off.
by The Associated Press

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'Where God is': Caring for disabled brings struggles, joys

'Where God is': Caring for disabled brings struggles, joys

Direct support professionals play vital roles helping people with disabilities live as independently as possible. It's not easy work. MPR News spent some time recently with caregivers and clients at one Minnesota group home. Here's what we found.
by Evan Frost

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Silicon Valley's Ellen Pao tackles sex discrimination, workplace diversity in memoir

Silicon Valley's Ellen Pao tackles sex discrimination, workplace diversity in memoir

The tech investor dives into the lawsuit that thrust her into the national spotlight and the workplace conditions that prompted it. She says firms are largely applying "tepid diversity solutions."
by Mary Louise Kelly

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Starting school at the university that enslaved her ancestors

Starting school at the university that enslaved her ancestors

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talked to Melisande Short-Colomb, whose family was once enslaved by Georgetown University. Now, at 63, Short-Colomb has enrolled as a freshman there.
by Leah Donnella and Mary Louise Kelly

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