The number is scary – nearly 1 out of every 110 people born in America will be diagnosed with autism. 1 The number becomes more than scary – it becomes mind-numbing reality when the diagnosis is made on one of your own children. In the Educational Psychology Department of UTPA’s College of Education resides Associate Professor, [...]

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“It’s an avenue to gain funds – a place to begin.” Dr. Shirley Mills should know – she is the outgoing chair of the Faculty Research Council (FRC), a group charged with promoting research at UTPA by providing small grants to faculty researchers. The primary beneficiaries of the FRC grants are Assistant Professors – those [...]

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