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Autism Ahead

http://www.autismahead.org

Autism Ahead focuses on the use of technology to treat autism and to assist in the teaching process.

• Added on: Jun 4th, 2007
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Joe Jurczyk
• Listed in: Innovation Education
• Tags: technology Treatment teaching autism special needs visual learning

Recent Posts

• Getting Back the Gift of Gab: NexGen Handheld Computers Allow the Mute to Converse

  Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 19:31 in devices

  The latest assistive communication devices are here, and they work a bit like your iPhone By Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American bit.ly/18RH28 Justin Birch lost his ability to speak in 2003 as the result of a brain aneurysm, but these days he is s...

• Young Man’s Creative Robots Draw Awareness to Autism

  Posted on Friday April 10th, 2009 at 14:43 in technology

  If you know 23-year-old John Ryan Lee, then you know about his robots. He’ll spend hours in a day, perfectly content, tinkering away at old electrical parts. Read More....

• Robot Brings Hope to Kids with Learning Difficulties

  Posted on Sunday March 22nd, 2009 at 10:00 in technology

  It has just nine moving joints — a number that might underwhelm robotics buffs. But Cosmo’s potential to help children has caught the attention of Minnesota’s globally-acclaimed Mayo Clinic. Read more here....

• High-tech clues to facial cues

  Posted on Tuesday October 28th, 2008 at 20:24 in technology

  A new device helps people with Asperger’s or autism interpret expressions of emotion More…...

• MIT Course on Autism and Technology

  Posted on Tuesday August 19th, 2008 at 15:26

  MIT has recently published course materials from its Fall 2007 course on Autism and Technology. The course aims to lay a foundation in autism theory and autism technology that significantly leverages and expands the MIT Media Lab’s ability to...

• Robot Playmates May Help Children With Autism

  Posted on Wednesday July 23rd, 2008 at 21:01

  From ScienceDaily, “Papers delivered at three conferences in the US and Europe this summer report on new research at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering studying interactions of children with Autism Spectrum Diso...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Michael

I am trying to raise awareness of autism especially in Singapore.

Please visit my blog: http://singaporeautism.blogspot.com and post comments too.

Thanks!

Posted: January 9th, 2009 | More Reviews From mitan | Report This Comment

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