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Autism and Family Life

Oct 17, 2018

Many of us have access to a world filled with electronic media content and systems set up to facilitate our lives. What is our information environment like for families living with autism? Autism spectrum disorder affects communication and behavior. What challenges do families of people on the autism spectrum face that we might tend to overlook? On this episode, we talk with Dr. Amelia Gibson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill about autism, family information needs, and society.