autism

FSU’S College Autism Network partners with leading student affairs organization

Published: December 3, 2019 | 1:34 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

A nonprofit organization founded by a Florida State University associate professor will soon expand its ability to help college students with autism. This January, the College Autism Network (CAN) will become part of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), the largest professional organization for student affairs. That partnership will allow CAN to extend […]

New website walks parents through early childhood development, alerts them to early signs of autism

Published: March 26, 2019 | 8:00 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Your baby delights you but he’s causing you concern. Why is it so hard to get him to look at you? Why doesn’t he gesture as much as other babies you know? Your relatives say you worry too much. They blame your parenting for the child’s frequent tantrums. Still, you wonder: “Could my baby have […]

FSU research guides nation’s libraries on serving students with autism

Published: November 29, 2018 | 10:35 am | Posted in: University News

Professor Nancy Everhart, College of Communication and Information (FSU Photography Services)

New research designed to help libraries better serve people with autism is making Florida State University a national leader in developing ways to connect with the growing population of students on the autism spectrum. The autism rate — estimated at one in 59 children, or 1.7 percent, according to the latest statistics from the U.S. […]

FSU leads interdisciplinary network created to help families respond to autism diagnosis

Published: September 21, 2017 | 2:25 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

FSU College of Medicine Distinguished Research Professor Amy Wetherby, director of FSU’s Autism Institute

Florida State University researchers have been awarded a five-year, $10.2 million Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) network grant to test a two-part home intervention designed to bridge the gap between diagnosis and treatment. Their plan is to coach families and empower them with earlier and widespread access to cost-efficient information, education and support. “We are […]

FSU researcher develops art therapy best practices for children with autism

Published: July 20, 2017 | 9:30 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Theresa Van Lith, assistant professor of art therapy in FSU’s Department of Art Education (FSU Photography Services)

A Florida State University researcher is working with art therapists to find better ways to treat children who have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Theresa Van Lith, assistant professor of art therapy in FSU’s Department of Art Education, led a study that surveyed art therapists working with children with ASD to develop a clearer understanding of […]

FSU Autism Clinic expands services through new partnerships

Published: May 2, 2017 | 3:37 pm | Posted in: University News

Five-year-old Jasper Geisz smiles as he clicks the small motorized fan off and on. Jasper loves fans and anything electrical. He has a big toothless grin not unlike any other child his age, except he’s not like any other neurotypical child […]

FSU professor receives $300K to study autism in college students

Published: October 17, 2016 | 11:34 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Brad Cox, associate professor in the College of Education

A Florida State University researcher has received a National Science Foundation grant to study how autism-related characteristics in college students influence their performance in STEM courses. Brad Cox, associate professor in the College of Education, will use the three-year, $300,000 award to conduct the largest ever study on autism-related characteristics among college students in the […]

FSU researchers win grant to better serve library patrons on the autism spectrum

Published: September 27, 2016 | 12:36 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Florida State University’s College of Communication and Information is spearheading Project A+ — research that aims to create strategies for academic librarians to serve patrons on the autism spectrum (ASD). The Institute of Museum and Library Services — the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 123,000 libraries and 35,000 museums — has awarded $400,000 to researchers from FSU’s […]

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