PHILADELPHIA – Braxton Mitchell has worked with the Amish for 30 years as co-director of the Amish Research Clinic in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He can say for a fact that autism exists in the community ...

HARMONY, MINN. – Eddie Swartzentruber’s childhood growing up in Minnesota’s Driftless Area was different than many of his “worldly” neighbors. There was no TV or video games — or even electricity, for ...

The Amish are a curiosity in the modern world. Whereas most people use if not rely on technology for their daily lives, the Amish keep their use of technology to a minimum and do just fine without it.

Breaking Amish and Return to Amish star Mary Schmucker, known as “Mama Mary,” has died. According to TMZ, the reality personality died after a battle with cancer. She was 65. Schmucker’s son, Andrew ...

Mama Mary Schmucker, one of the stars of TLC’s hit reality show “Breaking Amish,” has died at age 65 after a three-year cancer battle, according to her family. Schmuker died at her Pennsylvania home ...

Love in Amish country comes with rules that might surprise anyone unfamiliar with their traditions. These customs may seem unusual to outsiders, but they’ve shaped Amish relationships for generations ...

Warning: The following post contains discussions of sexual abuse and child abuse. TLC’s case of channel drift has replaced the cable network’s educational programming with lowbrow reality television, ...

2012: Breaking Amish is accused of fakery TLC had to go on the defensive in September 2012 amid accusations that the Amish and Mennonite participants of the docuseries Breaking Amish had, in fact, ...