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Sibling Support

Sibling Support at SARRC

By Niamh Campbell My sister Zara and I are proud to have advocated for bringing Sibshops to SARRC in 2020. I am currently a freshman in high school, and Zara […]

A Whole New World

A Whole New World

By Mathilde Rispoli I remember the first time I walked into SARRC, I was in the waiting room, waiting with my leg bouncing up and down. I was nervously thinking […]

A Day in the Life Of: Marisa Carroll

A Day in the Life Of Marisa Carroll

Marisa Carroll is a Senior Behavior Therapist at Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC). She has been with SARRC for three years working within the Community School, an inclusive […]

Discussion on High & Low Functioning Labels

Discussion on High & Low Functioning Labels

By Christopher J. Smith, Ph.D., SARRC vice president & research director Background: In 2019, autism researchers from the Telethon Kids Institute and the University of Western Australia called for the […]

Future of Cyber Safety and Autism

Future of Cyber Safety and Autism

The omnipresent accessibility of the internet is easier now, more than ever, to find what you need with the click of a button. And while the availability of information and […]

Expediting the Diagnostic Process

NODA-Expediting the Diagnostic Process

There’s no blood test or MRI or CT scan. No single telltale biomarker. No biopsy. The process of diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is more complex than that, requiring observation, […]

Shifting our Perspectives: Girls & Autism

SARRC Outreach Magazine 2020

Michele Thorne dove in headfirst to understand the nuances of autism after her son, Jackson, was diagnosed just after his third birthday. The signs were obvious — regression in speech, […]