Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Allison and Amber Westemeier get excited every time they take a trip to the Waisman Center from Oshkosh, WI.
A new study from researchers at the Waisman Center and The Ohio State University will investigate aging in autistic adults.
A place such as the Waisman Center needs help to not only function at its highest level but to also ensure the needs of the community it serves are being met. This requires constant feedback, assistance, and support from various community partners.
The development of brain imaging techniques has helped us understand emotion, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases in ways we could not before.
Recent studies suggest that older adults with ASD may have shorter life expectancies and more physical and mental health difficulties than the general population. A new, landmark longitudinal study of aging and autism hopes to better understand how differences in aging may impact the health outcomes of individuals with ASD.
In a study published in Aging Cell, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison show that mice making too much of a human protein called AT-1 show signs of early aging and premature death, which are also symptoms of the human disorder progeria. Researchers were able to reverse the signs of accelerated aging and early death …
The March 22, 2010 issue of USA Today features a story on the dilemma faced by aging parents of adults with Down syndrome.
