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Six Flags Texas thegrio.com
July 19, 2022
Six Flags already provides great adventures and now the amusement park company has taken steps to become even more inclusive.
December 11, 2019
A woman left her special needs teen son alone at a hospital in Atlanta and is now under arrest, police…
Shanna Swearingen
May 2, 2018
Shanna Swearingen, the principal of an elementary school outside Houston is in hot water after making a tasteless joke about…
March 20, 2017
Julia, a Muppet with autism, is making her was to "Sesame Street" in April.
November 30, 2016
In case you needed something to cheer up this holiday season, a new video is circulating social media with the…
October 31, 2016
New York teenager Chase T. Coleman was attacked by a stranger a few weeks ago during a cross-country race.
April 12, 2016
Melonie Wright's long road to getting her education and graduating law school was a fight against the odds, but she…
October 8, 2015
Rapper Fat Joe has taken to Facebook to share a touching message about his son, Joey, who has special needs,…
September 24, 2015
A Chicago mother was shocked when she stopped by her 5-year-old son's school and found him wearing a garbage bag.
June 4, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A California father is accused of boarding his special needs son's bus and attacking another student who…
May 30, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Earlier this week Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (RGIII) helped one Virginia high school student ask…
December 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Christian Massey, 21, was shot and killed in West Philadelphia's Overbrook neighborhood for his Beats by Dre…
October 1, 2012
LOS ANGELES - Several surveillance cameras will be installed in the South Los Angeles where a special needs teenager was…
September 27, 2012
LOS ANGELES - A 19-year-old man was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon while sitting on a park bench in Los Angeles,…
August 14, 2012
At the Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne, Wayne Brady was reportedly booed over a joke he made about fellow comedian…
May 8, 2012
VIDEO - At 3 p.m. at Texas' Duncanville High School, it's time for cheerleading practice, but this squad is unlike…
April 1, 2010
VIDEO - Actress Holly Robinson and husband, former NFL player Rodney Peete discuss how autism has effected their family...
October 8, 2009
VIDEO - A 15-year-old student at a Chicago area special needs school was thrown into a wall by an officer.