When Bloomington resident Kristie Lofland heard about a boy with autism in her neighborhood who left his home unsupervised and had trouble communicating with the police officers who found him, she ...

The communication boards are designed to assist individuals with communication challenges, including nonverbal children, early learners, and non-English speakers. They are colorful and symbol-based to ...

A communication board is a device that displays photos, symbols, or illustrations to help people with limited language skills express themselves. The user can gesture, point to, or blink at images to ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Allen County Sheriff’s Department announced on Tuesday that it received new picture communication boards from the Autism Society of Indiana. The purpose of the boards is ...

Before the coronavirus pandemic, Katie Gandy would watch her 8-year-old son play on the playground and wish it could be more inclusive for him. It was nice to see him play with his friends, she said, ...

With the help of the Oakland Intermediate School district, communication tools are helping students with disabilities socialize and communicate. Several hundred classrooms across all 28 county school ...

GOOD EVENING. I’M VICKI DORTCH. TONIGHT POLICE IN CHARLESTOWN ARE ARMED WITH A NEW TOOL TO HELP PROTECT SOME OF THE COMMUNITY’S MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS. WLKY DREW GARDNER IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM TO ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – A local woman sparked a movement to make sure popular locations throughout Virginia Beach are inclusive. Ashley Causey is a Speech Language Pathologist who runs the ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Autism Society of Indiana has set out to equip first responders in 60 Indiana counties with communication boards. The hope: Help police better serve people who have autism or ...

Communication boards have been installed at three local playgrounds to make the parks more inclusive. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The Centerville-Washington Park ...