Current Ackerman Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment Solutions News
Dr. Rooman Ahad offers tips and resources for parents of children with ASD.
The Las Vegas physician and higher education regent discusses his own educational experience and why UNLV’s School of Medicine is so important to health of our community.
After receiving two kidney transplants over the last two decades, the associate dean of clinical affairs dedicated her life to improving health care for others.
The first-of-its-kind program in Nevada is aimed at helping patients overcome the hurdles to receiving care.
The UNLV Medicine Ackerman Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment Solutions provides families with the gamut of specialists — all in one place.
With the Ackerman Center, families in Las Vegas Valley finally now have one place to turn to for comprehensive autism care.
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Autism is an epidemic in America, affecting 1 out of every 59 children born in our country.
According to UNLV’s School of Medicine, despite years of warnings about the risks associated with drinking while pregnant, doctors across Southern Nevada are still reporting high rates of FASD, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Early diagnosis of fetal alcohol disease is the biggest challenge for addressing the syndrome in children who get in trouble and end up in the criminal justice system, a Clark County judge said at a UNLV panel Monday.
A love of science and the study of medicine fueled Dr. Rooman Ahad’s career and led her to a role as assistant professor of pediatric neurology at UNLV’s School of Medicine. She is now part of an effort to expand autism services in the Las Vegas Valley and raise awareness through education and events such as the Grant a Gift Autism Foundation Race for Hope 5K, which was run April 27 at UNLV.
Little Jason Sebron donned his black flat-bill baseball cap on a recent Wednesday — and for the first time, he didn’t scramble to take it off.
An anonymous gift of $200,000 has been made to help fund programs at the UNLV Medicine Ackerman Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment Solutions.