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Advice on children and young adults with autism

Advice on children and young adults with autism

By carstories

Kara Hume, Fellow at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill, and associate professor in the UNC School of Education, offers advice for parents and caregivers of children and young adults with autism in two Focus Carolina podcasts: listen to part one hereOpens in new window and part two hereOpens in new window.

Hume has worked with children and young adults on the autism spectrum for almost 30 years in a variety of capacities: as a home program therapist, teacher, trainer, and consultant and researcher. She currently leads a Chapel Hill-based adaptive CrossFit class for adolescents and young adults with autism.

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