Miriam and Amélie are two entrepreneurs from Cádiz who believe that a picture is worth more than a thousand words, at least when it comes to dealing with children with autism. After their cousin José was diagnosed, they decided to create pictogram books. That was the origin of Aprendices Visuales, a small NGO with a […]
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Marcos and the Moon, a story teaching children how to interact with classmates with autism
Little Marcos is a boy with autism from Mairena del Aljarafe, in Seville. He had some difficulties adjusting when he started school – he wasn’t used to being with so many other children and it made him nervous. For this reason, his mother, Iria Juaneda, has written ‘Marcos and the Moon’, a story inspired by […]
Lucía Utrilla, a skier that glides on the track of personal success
Lucía Utrilla, from Seville, has reached the top of Spanish alpine skiing. With perseverance, this young sportswoman has achieved to become the Adapted Alpine Skiing Champion of Spain. She earned this title after winning the gold medal in a trial held in Cerler. In previous Championships of Spain, she had already won the silver medal […]
Francisco Esteban, data analysis for the early diagnosis of autism and sclerosis
Francisco Esteban was fascinated by the nervous system in the second year of his degree and, since then, he hasn’t stopped studying its structure and functioning. A few years ago he changed the lab for data analysis. Along with a multidisciplinary team, he has developed a tool that can be applied in the early diagnosis […]