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Environmental audits aimed at reducing barriers

8/3/22

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s motto, “Nothing About Us Without Us,” means that decisions about autism need to be made with input from people with autism. Tina Fletcher (Occupational Therapy, Dallas) and her students took that to heart in a project aimed at evaluating the autism-friendliness of community venues and events.

Fletcher used a $267,477 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to create sensory spaces on wheels for use at cultural arts and entertainment venues, and also developed an environmental audit process for businesses and other public venues.

TWU Houston students collaborate on custom cars

4/6/22

Occupational therapy and nursing students from TWU’s Houston campus partnered with students from EnMed to provide electric ride-on vehicles for some children with special needs in the Houston community. The project was part of the national Go Baby Go program.

Regents give green light to health science building project

2/18/22

The Texas Woman’s University System Board of Regents today approved a plan to build a 175,000-square-foot health science center for the Denton campus to support growth in the colleges of health sciences and nursing and other collaborative efforts.

TWU occupational therapy graduate finds more than just an education

11/16/21

Texas Woman’s is known as the “campus with a heart” for the care and attention given to each and every student, especially when those students, like December 2021 MOT graduate Sommer Moreno, find themselves balancing their education while starting a family.

TWU occupational therapy alumna Aimee Piller, PhD '16, featured on AOTA podcast

9/29/21

TWU occupational therapy alumna Aimee Piller, PhD '16, was the featured guest on AOTA's Everyday Evidence podcast. She discussed generating, implementing and promoting evidence in pediatric occupational therapy practice.