Annual Report 2011

MMI Annual Report 2011

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Answers Delivered Before Delivery
Kourtney Case knew she’d find out the sex of her baby at her 20-week ultrasound. She didn’t know she’d learn her baby boy would be born without a hand.

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The Earlier, the Wordier
Watching 5-year-old Trinity rattle off answers to flashcards, you’d never know she once used grunts and screams to communicate.

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Social Skills 101
Nine-year-old Noah Legros sits on one foot and deals out UNO cards to a group of four boys around the table. But this isn’t your average after-school gathering. The participants in the group have all been diagnosed with high-functioning autism, Asperger’s disorder or ADHD. Noah is in social skills class at UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI).

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Out for Peer Fun
Sarah Boucher lifted her gold bowling ball from the return and took a few tentative steps toward lane No. 1. As she approached the foul line, she brought the ball up by her chin and promptly threw a chest pass at the pins. Unorthodox, maybe, but the ball followed the arrows like they were directions. The bumpers were up, but not necessary for this turn. Crash! Half the pins down. Next turn: Crash!

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Train the Brain
Kim Kozelichki took a deep breath and began to walk along a hot pink string on the floor as if it were a tightrope. The way her husband, Todd, cheered her on, you’d have thought the string was 10 feet off the floor. 

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