Entries from LAist tagged with 'autism'
November 14, 2008
At VH1 Classic's Rock & Bowl last night, hosts from a variety of shows, especially those airing on VH1 also made a strong showing to support the cause. So let's hear it for the people who bring us our gameshows and clip shows. You know you'd be lost without them. Let's just call them "nonfiction" shows.......
Continue Reading "Red Carpet for Rock & Bowl 3: Hosts and Personalities"November 14, 2008
VH1 definitely knows how to throw a party! Remember that pizza-addled dream about Corey Feldman, Scott Ian and Billy Gibbons? It really can come true! Here is the first batch of red carpet photos from VH1 Classic's Rock & Bowl event last night at All Star Lanes to benefit autism charities. It was a mellow red carpet in such an intimate setting that we could even chat a little with the celebs and ask them......
Continue Reading "Red Carpet for Rock & Bowl @ All Star Lanes 11-13-08"September 18, 2007
Taylor Karras was reported missing by his mother yesterday, after running away from a Westminster social services facility where he was receiving therapy for autism. Around 9:30 p.m., the 15-year-old boy was found just a block from his North Tustin home. Orange County Sheriff's deputies spotted Karras pushing a shopping cart in the street, chased him on foot, Tasered him once, and handcuffed him. Only when a passing neighbor recognized Karras did the authorities......
Continue Reading "OC Deputies Taser, Cuff 15-Year-Old Autistic Boy"February 24, 2007
Yesterday we were reading Digg and we saw a post by a gentleman who has an autistic son who was trying to order off the menu when the waitress blew a fuse and shook and mocked the young boy. The father said that he had written a letter to the local paper, but since we didn't see it posted on line, we contacted him and told him that we would post the letter: To......
Continue Reading "San Diego's Pokez Gets a Bad Review "