Asperger's Syndrome
Transit bandit agrees to plea deal, will head to psych ward ​Now he’s officially off the rails. ​After years of brushing off deals​ offered by prosecutors​, New York​ City​’s infamous ​serial ​transit ​bandit opted Monday to cop a​ plea that will...
Prosecutors willing to offer transit bandit no-jail plea deal Brooklyn prosecutors are making a last ditch effort to keep ​a man who’s been commandeering city buses and trains since he was a teenager from heading to trial​ on his...
'Supergirl' star's musician hubby wrote song for son with Asperger's By day, Chyler Leigh plays Alex Danvers on The CW’s “Supergirl.” By night, she sings with East of Eli, her husband Nathan West’s band that’s performing in New York at...
Madonna needs to start acting like a mom Some friendly advice for Madonna: Lose the epic aggression, quit flashing your naughty bits and start behaving like an average soccer mom. I recently described the frequently bod-baring music mogul...
Lawyers say city worker with Asperger's should view mocking as 'petty' and 'trivial' He has Asperger’s syndrome and says he was mocked and locked in a basement, and found mutilated stuffed animals at his workspace. But the city says that if he were...
Cruel councilman mocked and tormented Asperger's aide: suit A Brooklyn city councilman and his underlings tormented an aide who suffers from Asperger’s syndrome — cruelly comparing him to a tragic, autistic teen and leaving decapitated teddy bears on...
Meet New York's beloved mass transit bandit New York’s subway system drives many of us crazy, but for one man, it’s a lifelong love affair he’s willing to go to prison for — over and over and...
Woman suing cabby who pinned her between cars The woman who was purposely pinned against a parked car by a mentally unstable cabby is suing the driver and his company over the terrifying episode. Upper East Side resident...
Transit thief is deaf from growing up in noisy subway system Transit fanatic Darius McCollum spent so much of his childhood underground, transfixed by the sights and sounds of the subway system, that he now requires hearing aids, his lawyer said...