The Work Before the Work: Lessons From Co-Designing Assistive Technology With Nonspeaking Autistic People

• By: Sofya Gektin University of Virginia Sajad Sarlaki University of Calgary Grant Blasko University of Washington Kristen Gillespie-Lynch College of Staten Island & The Graduate Center of the City University of New York Isaiah Tien Grewal Stony Brook Medicine School of Social Welfare Vikram Jaswal University of Virginia Sujit Kurup Autism National Committee (AutCom) Chandra Lebenhagen Including Autism Graciela Lotharius Georgia Perimeter College Elizabeth MacNeil University of Alberta Kyle Stauber Caroline Rose Tallungan University of Virginia Lisa Vallado Washington Adventist University Diwakar Krishnamurthy University of Calgary
• July 9th, 2026
• assistive technology, augmentative and alternative communication, autism research, autonomy, co-design, motor planning, nonspeaking autistic adults, Summer 2026 Issue, typing to communicate
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"I still struggle to put into words what it felt like to finally communicate in a personal, voluntary, and unscripted way. I've described it before as a prison door opening, but it was even more profound than that – more freeing, more life-changing." – Lisa, nonspeaking co-author For...

The Early Identification of Young Children with ASD

• By: Sam Goldstein, PhD University of Utah School of Medicine Jack A. Naglieri, PhD University of Virginia
• October 1st, 2012
• ASD screening, assessment, diagnostic tools, early diagnosis, early intervention, evidence-based practice, Individualized Education Program (IEP), treatment planning
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In developed countries, a child’s initial assessment for ASD typically takes place before they enter elementary school. Usually the question asked at that point is whether or not the child suffers from Autism and what can be done as the child prepares to enter an organized school setting....

Autism and Asperger’s: Two Distinct Disorders or One Disorder of Varying Symptom Severity

• By: Sam Goldstein, PhD University of Utah School of Medicine Jack A. Naglieri, PhD University of Virginia
• January 1st, 2012
• Asperger's Syndrome, Asperger’s, assessment, autism research, developmental disorders, diagnosis, DSM-V, repetitive behaviors, social communication, social interaction
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Autism has been conceptualized as a biologically determined set of behaviors occurring with varying presentation and severity that is likely as the result of varying cause (for review, see Goldstein, Naglieri, & Ozonoff, 2008). The disorder occurs significantly more often in boys (Smalley,...