Dr. Nimisha Muttiah
Senior Lecturer II
Department of Disability Studies
University of Kelaniya
Sri Lanka
Biography
Dr. Nimisha Muttiah is working as an Senior Lecturer II in the Department of Disability Studies, University of Kelaniya.Research Interests: Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Beginning Communicators Training communication partners AAC in low-resource contexts Awards and fellowships: 2014 ASH Foundation Graduate Student Scholarship – Scholarship for International Students, $5000. 2014 The University Office of Global Programs (UOGP) Graduate Travel Grant Award for travel to ISAAC 2014 (Portugal), Pennsylvania State University, 2014. $500 2014 ISAAC Conference 2014 Emerging Research Travel Award (2013/2014). $1000 2012 The Maryann Peins Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Speech Pathology, Pennsylvania State University, 2012. $1193
Research Interest
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Beginning Communicators, Training communication partners and AAC in low-resource contexts.
