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Legend: Latent growth curve modeling of longitudinal data (age 2-5 years) for 129 young children with ASD revealed four severity trajectory classes based on calibrated severity scores from the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS): Persistent High (n=47); Persistent Moderate (n=54), Worsening (n=10), and Improving (n=18). The dashed line indicates the mean trajectory within each class. …
ASHA Press Release Susan Ellis Weismer, a professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Waisman Center Principal Investigator, and Associate Dean in the College of Letters & Science at UW-Madison has been selected to receive ASHA Honors of the Association. This prestigious honor, bestowed by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association places Ellis Weismer among …
As many parents discover, the minds of young children absorb information like sponges and their brain development seems to occur at incredible speed.
The Waisman Center’s newest clinic will help researchers learn more about language development in young children newly diagnosed with autism. The Early Autism and Communication Research Clinic (EACRC), co-directed by Susan Ellis Weismer and Morton Gernsbacher, provides developmental, communication, and diagnostic evaluation services to children between ages 2 and 3 years old who have been …
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association recently bestowed Fellow status to Susan Ellis Weismer, PhD, a UW-Madison Professor of Communicative Disorders and Coordinator of the Waisman Center’s Communication Processes Unit. The status of Fellow is retained for life and is one of ASHA’s most prestigious awards. It recognizes professional or scientific achievement and outstanding contributions to the …
