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Dr. Kerri Nowell’s experiences with disability began early in her life. Growing up as one of six children, Nowell’s younger brother was born with a hearing impairment. Nowell credits these early experiences with helping develop her passion for working with […]
SPARK is a large, online, national research initiative working to bring together a community of individuals with autism and their families. The primary goal of SPARK is to identify the hundreds of genes suspected to be contributing to autism and […]
This spring, Thompson Center autism experts joined hundreds of the leading international autism research experts in Rotterdam, Netherlands at the 2018 International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) annual meeting. Every year, INSAR brings together the world’s leading autism researchers to […]
One in 59 children in the United States lives with a form of autism spectrum disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The signs of autism begin in early childhood and can affect individuals differently. However, many […]
Within a few days of beginning an internship at the Thompson Center as a part of her undergraduate degree, Brittany Schmitz knew without a doubt that she wanted to be a behavior analyst. “I just loved being able to use […]
Pursuing life, family and work with meaning and passion is important to Christine Smith. All the more so since her family received the diagnosis. In 2016, experts at the Thompson Center diagnosed Christine’s then eight-year-old son Allen with autism spectrum […]
By: Kristen Sohl, associate professor of clinical child health and director of ECHO Autism University of Missouri Health Care If you think your child could have autism, you might be unsure about what to do next. You’ve noticed the warning […]
Dr. Jennifer Sykes has always known that she had a passion for parenting dynamics and helping parents understand their children’s behaviors. Growing up in a large extended family, Sykes was able to see how different parenting skills and tactics played […]
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Autism is a spectrum of closely related symptoms involving behavioral, social and cognitive deficits. Early detection of autism in children is key to producing the best outcomes; however, searching for the genetic causes of autism is complicated […]
Growing up in the Middle Eastern country of Oman, Dr. Kerri Nowell’s experiences with disability and how different cultures treat disability began early. One of six children, Nowell’s younger brother was born with a hearing impairment. A neighboring Omani family […]