autism

Hundreds of demonstrators in Haifa protest the recent Israeli police killing of an unarmed autistic Palestinian man, Iyad el-Hallak, on Tuesday, June 2 , 2020. Protesters in Israel and the United States have sought to link police violence in both countries. (Mati Milstein/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Israeli police commander said he ordered partner to hold fire in shooting of autistic Palestinian man

Officers have said they mistook a cellphone in Iyad Halak’s hands for a weapon and started running when ordered to stop.

By Marcy Oster August 27, 2020 3:06 pm

Mother of Palestinian man with autism killed by police calls for footage of his death to be released

“If it were an Arab shooting a Jew, the video would have been published worldwide the same day, but in my son’s case, they will not release anything,” Iyad Halak’s mother, Rana, said.

June 15, 2020 8:00 am

Ideas

I can’t see my son who has autism in person because of the coronavirus

“I can’t locate the words to describe the way my heart is breaking and that a pit in the bottom of my stomach hasn’t left since I got this news,” a mom says.

March 17, 2020 12:30 pm