Exploring Alternative Modalities to Address Anxiety and Regulation – by a panel of adults affected by ASD
Presented by Ruth Elaine Hane, Valerie Paradiz, PhD, Greg Yates at the Fall 2012 Autism Research Institute Confernce
Published: 12/07/2012
Ms. Hane, a health consultant, was born with Infantile Autism. Defying a prediction of intellectual disability in grade school, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude with a B.S. in human ecology. She overcame Prosopagnosia (face blindness) inventing the Hane Face Window® based on structural learning. Ruth Elaine was recently the Midwest Director for the Autism Society of America. She is a contributing author to Sharing Our Wisdom, and Ask and Tell, plus numerous articles about autism. She is the owner of owner of Chi Field Healthcare Minneapolis, MN.
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