The next destination for the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s efforts to help people with autism learn to drive: virtual reality. Daniel J. Cox, a researcher with UVA’s Department of ...

Strapped into a motion-enabled simulator and wearing 3D glasses, 36 adolescent volunteers recently experienced what it was like to "travel" through a field of virtual stars. The experiments provided ...

ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- "There's all different places in the community that do hire people with special needs," said Rachel DiCerbo. "But there's definitely a big need for it still" ...

For many, traveling can be overwhelming. Between a busy airport, making sure you reach your flight on time, and then sitting through the bumps and jolts of takeoff, it’s enough to make any traveler ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — According to a study by the National Institute of Health, around a third of young people with autism get their license to drive independently by the time they're 21 years old. A ...

DESTIN — The Northwest Florida community can experience symptoms of autism firsthand thanks to virtual reality at the Destin Library. Okaloosa County school resource officers were the first to use the ...

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For the average fifth-grade student, folding a paper airplane is second nature. For some, it seems like a skill inherited at birth. But a class full of students at St. Mary's Elementary School on ...