AutismPro's Story
Cynthia Howroyd, MSc, SLP
Cynthia Howroyd, a speech language pathologist and clinical director, created AutismPro after becoming frustrated with her attempts to provide efficient and affordable guidance to those working with children with autism.
In 2001, Cynthia was working with no funding or trained autism personnel on staff when she became unable to travel for several months due to a car accident. While she recuperated, she used the pause in her hectic schedule to think about how to continue to meet her clients' needs. She began imagining creative ways of applying technology to the problem.
Understanding how the expertise of professionals, the internet, expert system software, and online learning might be combined into a single solution, she developed the vision of a 'virtual autism clinic' that would dramatically increase accessibility to treatment guidance.
After three years of struggle and determination, Cynthia gathered a team of experts to begin AutismPro in 2004.
In 2006, AutismPro was launched to help caregivers design and deliver tailored intervention plans for young children with autism.
With strong interest from school districts and early intervention centers across North America and worldwide, AutismPro has developed a package of software and consulting, training, and program-design services to help these institutions deliver autism programming to improve child outcomes.
A Growing Group of Worldwide Users
AutismPro is being used by over 1,000 individuals and organizations in a dozen countries. AutismPro has established re-seller partnerships in Poland (SOTIS), Australia (Autism Spectrum Australia), and The Netherlands (Fontys University).
