As an innovator, John Nosek is driven by the desire to help children born with developmental delays. It’s because he knows what’s possible with early intervention.
That desire has fortified the Temple University professor of computer and information sciences in a 10-year quest to develop technology to improve the efficacy and availability of treatment for autism. The disorder affects approximately 75 million people, or 1 percent of the world’s population.
More than half of individuals with severe developmental challenges due to autism can benefit from behavior-based therapy called Applied Behavior Analysis, or ABA. When a child with autism undergoes quality ABA treatment early in life, it can mean significant progress and higher likelihood of success in a mainstream classroom…