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MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – How much damage did the pandemic do to Vermonters’ mental and emotional health? Melissa Houser of the non-profit All Brains Belong said, “Despite there not being a default brain, a lot of the things in society…

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – New research indicates autistic people are at higher risk of developing complications from COVID-19. A Vermont doctor says she’s witnessing the pattern firsthand. Dr. Melissa Houser opened her nonprofit, All Brains Belong VT, a little less than…

In April 2022, a group from All Brains Belong VT’s Community Advisory Board members created the “It Takes a Village Fund,” a donation-based scholarship to support ABB’s patients experiencing challenges keeping up with medical bills. Click here to learn more…

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Not all people — and brains — are the same. That’s why ‘All Brains Belong VT’ is offering neuro-inclusive vaccination clinics to accommodate people who have anxiety, are afraid of needles, or experience discomfort in typical vaccination clinics.…

University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine Digital Newsletter (January 14, 2022) At the age of 37, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine alum and family medicine physician Melissa Houser, M.D.’12, was diagnosed for the first time with autism…