Tonight: UW-River Falls alum’s children’s books share autism journey, family to speak on campus April 27


Tonight: UW-River Falls alum’s children’s books share autism journey, family to speak on campus April 27


At 28 months of age, University of Wisconsin-River Falls alum Lindsey Moreland was diagnosed with autism after showing classic signs including not responding to her name and banging her head into walls.

“It was devastating,” Lindsey’s mom, Lauri Moreland, recalled. “We called it the death sentence. There was nothing good to read about autism. We were told by a social worker that Lindsey would probably live in an institution. Everything was what she was not going to do.”

Now 28, Lindsey has come to appreciate how autism has shaped her.

“Autism is my superpower,” Lindsey often notes. April is recognized as Autism Awareness Month...

The three will be speaking at UWRF from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27,
in North Hall Auditorium
on “Autism: A Family Lives Beyond the Label.”

The event is free and open to all. It is hosted by the Disability Rights Education Activism Mentoring.
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