WCAX: Challenges autistic individuals face accessing healthcare
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Autistic individuals see the world through a different lens, which can often make tasks like going to the doctor’s office a challenge. Stigmas surrounding autism can often lead providers to dismiss certain illnesses. It can also ...
Restraint & Seclusion in Vermont Schools: Ending the Trauma
All Brains Belong VT is proud to announce a collaboration with Dr. Ross Greene and Lives in the Balance to advocate for the creation of school environments where children with all types of brains can thrive. Specifically, we advocate ...
VT Digger: Vermont lawmakers consider limiting restraint and seclusion in schools
(Peter D'Auria, 3/15/2023) Vermont lawmakers are considering placing restrictions on restraints and seclusion, controversial practices in which students are physically immobilized or detained in school. On Tuesday, the House Committee on Education heard testimony on H.409, which would prohibit schools ...
Vermont Edition: Neurodivergent Vermonters Share What Inclusion Looks Like
Vermont Public: Host Connor Cyrus on Vermont Edition discusses with panelists what it means to think differently than the "typical" mind. He also interviews advocates, including Mel Houser MD, Executive Director of All Brains Belong VT, who say every brain ...
WCAX: All Brains Belong Takes On Community Health Challenge
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 ...
WCAX News: Autism Increases Risk of COVID Complications
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 ...
It Takes A Village
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 ...
WCAX News: All Brains Belong offers neuro-inclusive vaccination clinic
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 ...
Class of 2012 Alum Hosts Sensory-Friendly COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics for Children & Adults
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 ...
