Recognized each April, World Autism Month aims to increase awareness and acceptance of people with autism. Spartan Caregiver Support, a new Michigan State University program is providing free…
Young children with multiple disabilities who are enrolled in Head Start have better literacy, reading and math scores than children who aren’t in the federally funded program, indicates…
Parents struggling to find and afford therapy for their child with autism may eventually be able to provide that therapy themselves with the help of telehealth training. Findings…
Michigan State University has established the Institute for Research in Autism, Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (RAIND) to bring together a wide variety of multidisciplinary initiatives already being pursued…
Michigan State University Chair of Pediatrics and Human Development B. Keith English discusses the progress being made on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services-funded autism program….
Michigan State University researchers Joshua Plavnick, Lori Skibbe, Troy Mariage, Carol Sue Englert, and Julie Thompson discuss “Comprehensive Reading Instruction for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A High-Tech…
Child Health Day, Oct. 5, 2015 Matthew Pontifex made news when he showed for the first time that kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can better…
In an effort to spur new approaches to research in autism, intellectual and other neurodevelopmental disabilities, Michigan State University (MSU) has awarded funding for six new, multi-disciplinary projects….
Child Health Day, Oct. 5, 2015 A Michigan State University researcher has discovered the first anatomical evidence that the brains of children with a nonverbal learning disability –…
Child Health Day, Oct. 5, 2015 Video-based teaching helps teens with autism learn important social skills, and the method eventually could be used widely by schools with limited…
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