Thea Byrne Receives a 2013-2014 Autism Delaware Scholarship

2013 Jul 2

Thea Byrne is one of just six University of Delaware students awarded a 2013-2014 Autism Delaware scholarship to pursue higher education.

The Glen Ridge, NJ native received the Autism Delaware Daniel and Lois Gray Memorial Scholarship, which was created specifically for eligible UD undergraduate and graduate students working toward a professional position in the autism community.

Byrne is majoring in exercise science with a minor in disabilities studies and hopes to graduate in 2015. Her career goal, to help children with autism and other disorders, began taking shape in high school, when Byrne began volunteering at Rocking Horse Rehab, a pediatric hippotherapy facility. Today, Byrne works with a pediatric physical therapist on the UD campus, is treasurer of Yes U Can (an organization that encourages physical and social activity for adults with disabilities), and volunteers at the Physical Therapy Stroke Research Lab at McKinley Lab and Early Learning Center with children with disabilities.