Program the lone parent training and education facility in C-U for children with ASD, according to Special Education professor

April is Autism Awareness Month. On April 3, Illinois lawmakers announced that $26 million in grant funding for social programs would be suspended to help close a multibillion-dollar budgetary gap. Among the programs to lose funding is the Autism Program (TAP) of Illinois, a statewide network of 13 nonprofit agencies and four universities, including the University of Illinois.

Linda Tortorelli is the resource coordinator for TAP on the Urbana campus, which is a collaborative initiative of the Department of Special Education at Illinois, as well as of human and community development. Tortorelli spoke recently with News Bureau education editor Sharita Forrest about TAP and the latest research on autism spectrum disorder. Read more…