Using Tech to Treat Autism

Guest: Alacia Stainbrook, PhD, TRIAD Early Intervention Program Coordinator, Assistant in Pediatrics, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Ideally, a child with autism disorder would get a diagnosis by age 2. In reality, most kids are diagnosed after four years of age. That’s especially true in communities far away from a university or clinic with autism expertise. So Vanderbilt University’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders is deploying a small army of robots to help families in rural Tennessee get treatment.