ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) - What’s good in Michiana? On Monday, the Autism Society of Indiana donated 150 emergency communication boards to the St. Joseph County Police Department. The donation ...
A new picture-based communication board will be installed at a New Suffolk school playground Wednesday, Dec. 17 ...
When Bloomington resident Kristie Lofland heard about a boy with autism in her neighborhood who left his home unsupervised and had trouble communicating with the police officers who found him, she ...
GOOD EVENING. I’M VICKI DORTCH. TONIGHT POLICE IN CHARLESTOWN ARE ARMED WITH A NEW TOOL TO HELP PROTECT SOME OF THE COMMUNITY’S MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS. WLKY DREW GARDNER IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM TO ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis police officers are now are better equipped to communicate with people who have autism or those who are nonverbal. It's all thanks to a grant from the Autism Society of ...
SOUTH BEND — Members of the St. Joseph County Police Department now have a new tool to serve people with autism and other non-verbal individuals. Last week, the department received 150 emergency ...
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Allen County Sheriff’s Department announced on Tuesday that it received new picture communication boards from the Autism Society of Indiana. The purpose of the boards is ...
One way of communicating with autistic and non-verbal people is through the use of a Picture Exchange Communication System or PECS board, which they can use to point out what they need or want ...
The City of Fort Worth recently recognized Apraxia Awareness Day, the condition that keeps her son from speaking. Fort Worth City Hall did something good for a mom advocating for her son and others ...
GREENWICH — Beside the swings on the Old Greenwich School playground is a board that allows students to let teachers and peers know their wants and needs by just pointing to different pictures. It's ...