March 20, 2012
By Warren Kagarise
Dan Stachelski, CEO, director and a speech-language pathologist at Lakeside Center for Autism, stands at a mosaic of jigsaw puzzle pieces made by some of the youngsters in art class who attend the school. By Greg Farrar
The hustle and bustle at Lakeside Center for Autism is intentional.
Tucked in rooms outfitted in technology both tried-and-true and cutting-edge, children and therapists spend hours each day to overcome the obstacles put in place by autism. The commotion and laughter emanating from behind the closed doors come as signs of success.
Lakeside Center for Autism uses the popular Microsoft Kinect system and other tools to treat the complicated neural development disorder.
Its all about participation, company CEO, president and founder Dan Stachelski said. Technology can do that.
Stachelski, a Snoqualmie resident, founded and developed Lakeside Center for Autism after forming a sprawling in-home speech therapy practice across the Eastside. Now, Lakeside Center for Autism serves 100 families and conducts 1,700 appointments each month.
The company has earned local and national attention for using Kinect to treat autism.
Issaquah Chamber of Commerce leaders spotlighted Lakeside Center for Autism as a business innovator in the Innovation in Issaquah contest late last month.
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Lakeside Center for Autism uses technology as treatment tool