The West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities (CED) is launching the Mind the Gap: Parent Education and Support Group to offer guidance and support for […]
Tag: autism
WVU to host social support group for teen girls with autism, inspiring confidence and independence
University of Kansas has held its research-based Girls Night Out (GNO) program since 2008, providing vital life skills to girls and women with developmental disabilities for nearly […]
I was diagnosed with autism at 33
Here is why autism diagnostic tests leave females behind by Aspen Matis When I was 10, sitting around a picnic table with a bunch of girls from […]
Key Learning Autism Center unlocks the family in its therapy approach
You don’t know, until you do. Your kid, we mean. He never cooed as an infant and he never laughed as a toddler. He wouldn’t make eye […]
Researchers aim to make identifying autism easier via artificial intelligence
MORGANTOWN — Characterizing an autism patient’s behavior can be challenging, but West Virginia University researchers aim to make identification easier by conducting the first systematic study toward […]
Here’s why COVID-19 is harder for people with autism
by Lauren Lindsey The COVID-19 pandemic has required the vast majority of us to wear masks. This has predictably become a major source of civic contention: You […]
Instant Messenger
Speech pathologist creates core board to communicate It all came together quickly for Kristin Messenger. The Morgantown speech pathologist, who works with autistic children and children who […]
A parade of birthdays
Cue the Marvel music. There’s just something about mom-reflexes and mom-hearing. It was in the middle of the first thump when Shalee Shumiloff, like a customed superhero […]
