Jaye Watson
11Alive Atlanta
Atlanta, GA, United States
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Identical twins battling dramatically different versions of ALS
The Madzin twins present an extraordinary chance to learn about a disease that claims all of its victims, but whatever is discovered will not help them. → Read More
Identical twins battling dramatically different versions of ALS
The Madzin twins present an extraordinary chance to learn about a disease that claims all of its victims, but whatever is discovered will not help them. → Read More
Teen imprisoned by rare brain disorder finds freedom
He was a typical teenaged boy..until he began to lose his ability to speak. Jeremy Obata’s parents went from doctor to doctor, searching for answers. It was at Emory Brain Health that Jeremy received an unexpected diagnosis and began the fight to reclaim his voice, and his life. → Read More
Emory doctor is the first black neuropsychologist in the country
With only 5,000 neuropsychologists in the country, Doctor Stringer has the distinction of being a first. He was the first African American to achieve board certification in the field of neuropsychology and went on to be the president of The Board of American Clinical Neuropsychology. → Read More
Taking dad home: Honoring the memories of a father who lost them
Hes going with us and part of him is staying in each place. → Read More
Perfect Match: How one family's quest to save daughter saved another
At 2 years old, Brody Thornburg was diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia, and the only thing that could save him was a stem cell transplant. That's when he was led to a match made on earth, with a little help from heaven. → Read More
Amiel And Elise: Friendship beyond Autism
“You need to cut your fingernails,” he tells her. “They’re pointy.” She knows by now to ignore him. “He goes wherever I go because he likes me,” sh... → Read More
He has autism. She doesn't. And they're best friends. Here's what we can learn from them.
Amiel and Elise teach us that despite differences, we have much to learn from each other, that it’s possible to travel the same path, together. → Read More
'Forget Me Not' | Grandson pen's play after grandmother's battle with Alzheimer's
Grandson pen's play after grandmother's battle with Alzheimer’ → Read More
Photo captures incredible kindness in a Douglasville restaurant
DOUGLASVILLE – A photo taken at a Douglasville Mexican restaurant shows an incredibly selfless act by one of the waiters. → Read More
Georgia robotics team from tiny school looks to take on the world
POWDER SPRINGS, GA. - If you measure the distance from Praise Academy to the small building that sits behind it, you will learn how many steps it takes to become a robotics expert. → Read More
Chesley McNeil goes on shopping spree charity
Sponsored by Retail Me Not, Chesley McNeil and Dwayne Willis wound up getting almost $10,000 in goods for children at the club. → Read More
Dream comes true for terminally ill comedian
ATLANTA -- It had taken a lot of years, but stand up comedian Quincy Jones was finally making it. In one video clip of Jones doing stand up in Los Angeles, he tells the audience, “I love white people. I do. They invented brunch.” → Read More
Special guests help ATL wheelchair athletes finish marathon
Thousands hit the streets before dawn Sunday morning, tackling the hills in downtown Atlanta. But there was also a reunion at the Georgia Marathon. → Read More
Pediatric nurse shaves head after losing too many patients to cancer
ATLANTA -- It's an annual tradition at Fado's Irish Pub in Buckhead. Walk in, order a pint and get a shave -- a full head shave. Over $1 million dollars has been raised at Fado's in the past ten years for the national non profit St. Baldricks. Money raised funds research into childhood cancers. Fado's was packed again this year with people who had raised money from friends and co-workers with… → Read More
One Kid, One Million Meals
Canon Kuipers is like any other high school junior, with a few exceptions. First of all, there's the Hollywood acting career. → Read More
You have to hear Atlanta's homeless voice over artist
ATLANTA -- It began with bad luck. "Iost my job maybe about three years ago..lost everything." The bad luck was on a roll, with help from Lex Underwood, who admits he was, "Just making a lot of bad decisions..a lot of bad decisions." Underwood was homeless in Atlanta, his life's dreams replaced by immediate necessities and emergencies of where to eat and where to sleep. He went to The Urban… → Read More
Chick-fil-A rewards tech-free family dinners
Effort encouraging families to strike up a conversation also strikes up online reaction. → Read More
Chick-fil-A resurrects the family dinner
Is it brilliant marketing? A great idea? Not realistic? The company's new efforts to get families to put down the phone and strike up a conversation is striking up online reaction. → Read More
CSA Winner is Mother to Lost Boys of Sudan
At the end of 2015, a well was drilled in the tiny village of Billing daldier in south sudan. It wasn't the sort of change that makes news..it was the quiet kind..that alters lives..and shifts futures. → Read More