The start of a new year also means the start of new laws in Iowa, including fines for handling a cellphone while driving, a statewide ban on ranked choice voting and an overhaul of state business tax incentives.
Advocates for people with autism and Alzheimer’s disease said the legislation funds vital tools to help locate missing people.
A study published Aug. 18 in the prestigious Nature Genetics journal identified 60 genes that contribute to autism largely via inherited genes from parents who don’t have autism or cognitive differences – including five never before implicated in the condition.
Institutions across Eastern Iowa are evolving their definition of inclusivity with new and established programming that brings sensory needs to the forefront.
When prominent animal behavior scientist and autism advocate Temple Grandin stands before a Coe College crowd this evening, she plans to pose a question: “What would have happened to Einstein in today’s educational system, since he had no speech until he was 3?”
Six-million-dollar grant will enable the launch of a new UI Hawkeye Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, or Hawk-IDDRC.
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