Trip. By Amie Barrodale.
You are the mother of an autistic teenager, and when you accidentally die at a conference for afterlife studies, you find you have an unexpected chance to maybe fix some things you think you did wrong, though your impact on the living is slight, brief and unwieldy.
4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈
@bookstodon #books #reading #bookstodon #death #autism #parenting #teenagers
Firearm #deaths of #children & #teenagers rose significantly in states that enacted more permissive #GunLaws after #SCOTUS in 2010 limited local govts ability to restrict gun ownership, a new study has found.
In states that maintained stricter laws, gun deaths were stable after the ruling, researchers reported, & in some, even declined.
#Guns are the leading cause of death in the #US for people ages 1–17, acc/to the #CDC.
#PublicHealth #GunControl #GunViolence #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/health/gun-deaths-children.html?unlocked_article_code=1.N08.2WvW.KDuRZQyg1WN1&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Ukrainian teenagers went directly from the COVID-19 pandemic to their country being invaded and bombed. @KyivIndependent spoke with some of them about what life is like now.
