Improving Reading Skills in the Autism Community

Project RISE, based at Lehigh University, is designed to develop new reading instruction strategies for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.   The ASF accelerator grant will expand the focus of Project RISE by targeting a subset of the students who also have autism to investigate the unique needs of these students, as well as the knowledge, perception, and expectations of their teachers. This study will identify gaps in approaches designed to help autistic people learn to read, including how teachers deliver information to students.  It will also identify specific gaps in teacher training regarding working with autistic students.

This project is co-sponsored by the Solving the Mystery of Autism Foundation.