By Will Brown, Attorney & David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Alisha Schlagenhauser, a 27-year-old woman, was charged with assaulting an autistic child in Wildwater Kingdom in Aurora, Ohio. Witnesses said Schlagenhauser was drunk when she was seen yelling and hitting the child. She was also seen…
By Sara Powell, Attorney & David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Quest Alliance, a day care center for special needs children located in Phoenix, Arizona, is charged with negligence for the second time after 6-year-old Tanner was left in a hot van, in the middle of the…
By Robert Chaiken, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network A Texas state inspection revealed that in April 2008, staff workers at Daystar, a center for distressed children 30 miles south of Houston, provoked seven developmentally disabled girls into a fight. The staged fight resulted in…
By Steven Smith, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Gigi Jordan, a pharmaceutical representative from New York City, recently checked into the Peninsula Hotel in Midtown Manhattan with her eight year old son, Jude Michael Mirra, who has been described as profoundly autistic. While in…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Oxytocin has long been called the “love hormone,” primarily because it is released at childbirth and during sex to aid in human bonding. It is now being used in the United States in a trial on young people with Autism…
By David M. Baum, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network An Illinois Court of Appeals recently upheld the right of an Autistic child, Carter Kalbfleisch, to bring his service dog to school. The court upheld an earlier ruling by the Monroe County Court that allowed…
By Aaron Edwards, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network After a ninety day investigation into abuse and neglect charges, Paul Jensen, a former Special Needs teacher, was charged with two counts of unlawful neglect towards a child or helpless person. He turned himself in to…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network A study released by the University of Washington has shown that an intensive intervention program designed for toddlers with Autism, called the “Early Start Denver Model” can actually improve their IQ, language and social skills. Some of the children involved…
By Scott A. Marks, Attorney and David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Consumer Watchdog has filed a lawsuit alleging that California state insurance regulators allow insurance companies to deny necessary treatment to autistic children in violation of state law. The lawsuit seeks to compel the California Department…
By David Wolf, Attorney Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network Diane Stephenson, a Pfizer researcher, has two nephews and a niece who suffer from Autism. Her colleague, Howie Mayer, has two children of his own with Autism. The two have worked together at Pfizer to create a research unit that…