LU
MORGAN 
BATHGATE
RANDALL

Lu Randall has her master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling in addiction, and early in her 
Morgan Bathgate is a college student at Messiah University studying Psychology. She 
graduated in 2020 from Mechanicsburg Area Senior High where she also played water 
career worked with people who had substance abuse problems.  She moved on to support 
polo, swam competitively, played violin, maintained a 4.0 GPA and took six Advanced 
those with physical disabilities and traumatic brain injuries directing an adult day center, and 
Placement (AP) classes.
landed solidly in the autism world in 1994.  Working in family homes and community settings 
informed her practice and helped develop a practical knowledge base related to autism 
She was diagnosed with Autism when she was 3 years old. Morgan likes to remind people 
spectrum disorders and family living.  
that she may think differently, learn differently and at times struggle to focus—but she 
embraces her extraordinary abilities. She is different—but not less.
Currently, she is the executive director of the Autism Connection of PA and speaks extensively 
on all areas of autism life, from school to work, healthcare, victims services, and law 
Morgan describes herself as family oriented, artsy, techie, bookish, musical and 
adventurous. She loves nature, animals, video games and drawing.
enforcement officer continuing education.  She is a member of the Office of Developmental 
Programs Information Sharing and Advisory Committee and the Pennsylvania Commission on 
Crime and Delinquency Victim Services Committee.