Professor Dr. Daniel Lidstone

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Daniel E. Lidstone, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at Penn State Harrisburg. He earned his doctorate in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, focusing on Biomechanics, from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2019. Dr. Lidstone completed a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, MD. His research focuses on sensory-motor differences in children with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD and fetal alcohol syndrome. Dr. Lidstone aims to enhance early detection and intervention strategies through collaboration with colleagues at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University. He has developed innovative, low-cost video games designed to assess sensory preferences in children with autism, which highlight that these children may struggle with dynamic visual information but prefer intrinsic proprioceptive feedback. Dr. Lidstone's commitment is to improve early autism detection and provide clinicians with valuable metrics for planning and monitoring interventions. He is also a NSCA certified strength and conditioning coach with extensive experience working with individuals with physical and intellectual differences through his work at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Special Olympics Maryland.

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