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Colleen George

Program Manager

Hussman Institute for Autism
Program on Supports
5521 Research Park Drive, First Floor
Catonsville, MD 21228
443.860.2580
cgeorge@hussmanautism.org

  • Education & Experience
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Education & Experience

2017                      Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Autism Studies, Towson University, MD

2014                       B.A. Psychology, focus in Developmental Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD

2014                       Community Health and Wellness Intern, Strong for Life LLC, Columbia, MD

2014                       Howard County Recreation and Parks Therapeutic Recreation Inclusion Companion, Howard County, MD

2013                       Gilchrist Hospice Intern, Music Therapy Assistant, Towson and Columbia, MD

2012                       Assistant to Private Clinical Psychologist, Laurel, MD

2012                       Assistant at Summer Sensations, an occupational therapy-based camp, Columbia, MD

 

Research Interests

As a research assistant at the Hussman Institute for Autism, I am part of a wonderful community that presumes the competence of all individuals. By embracing differences and by welcoming all people, we are able to learn new ways to communicate with individuals with autism such that we can form more meaningful relationships. By furthering research in communication and strength-based, positive supports, we will encourage the belief and understanding that all people are created equal.

  • “The soul must be loved as it is.”

    Jamie Burke
  • “Autism awareness can’t stop with a list of what makes people with autism different from us. Because what is essential is the constant awareness of what makes us the same.”

    John P. Hussman, Ph.D., Director
  • “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

    The Little Prince

    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • “We agree with the view that presuming competence is the least dangerous assumption.”

    John P. Hussman, Ph.D., Director
  • “Autism is not disability.”

    Jamie Burke
  • “We are just like you, with the same desires, and just need help to be typical members of society.”

    Sue Rubin
  • “In the end, the best argument for inclusion is the simplest. It’s the one we know by heart – that all of us are created equal.”

    John P. Hussman, Ph.D., Director
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6021 University Blvd, Ste 490
Ellicott City, MD 21043
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Hussman Institute for Autism
1011 Sunnybrook Road, Ninth Floor
Miami, FL 33136
(3 blocks from the Hussman Institute for Human Genomics)
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