“Developing both of those languages well is very important for immigrants and for any kids of color," said Cynthia Garcia Coll, Brown University professor and developmental psychologist.
"When I first came, I was scared. There were many people from different countries, talking in their native languages, and like I didn’t really understand what’s going on."
Young journalists typically begin work on a radio project with enthusiasm and a basic idea for a
story.
But where can they go for help to rein in an idea, find the right interviewees, develop questions
or refocus a story idea that didn’t go in the direction planned?
"I felt like I was invincible because I didn’t sleep around. I had never done a drug in my entire life," says Lee, a 24-year-old Indianapolis man recently diagnosed with HIV
A lcoholism. In brief, the dictionary says it's a disease where a person drinks to excess. Sarah, a 13-year-old local student and daughter of an alcoholic father, goes a step further. "It's a disease where a person drinks too much. They...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Michal McDowell is a sophomore at the International High School of Indiana. Last summer, she traveled to South Africa with her mother, Jennifer Drobac, a board member for the California-based Henry J. Kaiser Family...
O n Jan. 2, 2000, Christina Vogt, 14, awoke from a restless sleep to see her parents gazing at her with worried expressions. "I had been up real late the night before, and I hadn't had much sleep. I just had seizure after seizure, like...
Clark Elliott, 10, explains his perception of autism and the benefits he's received from Camp Awareness: "It's kind of like a disease, but you're born with it and it's not like something that can go away. It's not really bad. I mean, in...
When Camp Awareness was founded in 1998, autism was not nearly as well-known as it is today. "When my son was diagnosed, 1 in 10,000 (births) were the numbers," according to Sue Hansen, camp founder and director. Earlier that year, Hansen...
Bipolar disorder is a condition that causes drastic swings in sufferers' moods and outlook. Zack Lamm, 22, a computer programming student at ITT Tech, has been living with the disorder since his teens. Here is his story: "It is like a...
A few years ago, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said, "In too many countries, an official conspiracy of silence about AIDS has denied people information that could have saved their lives. We must empower young people to protect...
"We're wearing masks not because we are afraid, but kind of for precaution and protection of other people," said Koren Sin. Koren, a senior at Sacred Heart Canossian College, an all-girls school in Pokfulam, Hong Kong, shared this...
Everyone has quirks. You might pop your knuckles, bite your lip or twirl your hair. These habits might be hard to break, but it's not impossible. Unless you have Tourette syndrome. Although the condition is hard to diagnose, about one in...
Sweet and optimistic, Katie Mahar is a typical 10-year-old girl. The Craryville, N.Y., resident is the youngest of four children. She jumps on her trampoline, listens to the Backstreet Boys and plays with her kitten, Pumpkin. She also has...
Only a couple of decades ago, daily shots were the only way to control diabetes. Now kids and adults are favoring the insulin pump over traditional injections. While the pumps have been around since the early '60s, they are more popular...
Being in middle school is hard. Add a chronic disease, and it is even harder. "I couldn't really believe that I had a disease, 'cause I didn't think that could happen to me. But then I met other people that had it, and I didn't think I was...
"I'm not a genetic freak. I'm a genetic phenomenon,'' says Jennifer Oklak. Jennifer, 19, and her sister Heather, 13, are among about 18,000 Americans affected by albinism, a genetic condition in which a person has little to no pigment, or...
"If you can see these children's eyes when they hear their song -- they have tubes in their arms; they have oxygen to their face. They are small, they are hurting, and they hear their name and their song come out and such a smile comes to...
When you wake in the morning, you usually get out of bed and walk
to the bathroom or the kitchen without trouble. But for
Indianapolis resident Joyce Cofer, that is sometimes not the case. Cofer is affected by an unpredictable disease...