A speech-language pathologist shares how she collaborates with a two-foot-tall humanoid named Milo to help students with autism become more attentive and engaged in discussion. By Jean Graham Many people may not know that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is the fastest-growing developmental disability in the U.S. One in 45 children ages 3–17 are currently living with ASD. But how does this affect our classrooms? As a speech-language pathologist at Broome-Tioga BOCES in New York, I work closely every day with about 24 students who have ASD. With a growing program at BOCES, we decided to pilot Milo, a robot equipped …
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