@ugacoe's Ashley Johnson Harrison is this week’s Focus on Faculty: “As a highly social person myself, I am fascinated by the social impairment that defines autism spectrum disorders. My research in social attention tries to understand and identify what is at the root of this social disconnect and at what point in children’s development this occurs. "I have been trying to integrate myself in the Athens and Atlanta autism community so that I can do my part to help more families obtain the clinical services they need. I have joined the Georgia Autism Advisory Council to help progress autism services in our state and hope to get involved in more local activities.” #ugafaculty #ugaresearch