Katie Wright is the mother of 9-year-old Mattias and 11-year-old Christian. Christian has autism. Katie’s parents, Bob and Suzanne Wright, founded Autism Speaks in 2005, and it has since grown into the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization.
Watching the boys and adults affected with autism tape the Katie
Geraldine Dawson works with the scientific community, stakeholders and science staff to shape, expand and communicate Autism Speaks’s scientific vision and strategy. Geraldine Dawson is also a professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Lisa Goring is the Vice President of family services at Autism Speaks. In that role she helps families and individuals impacted by autism to make informed decisions that maximize the quality of life and development potential of affected individuals. Her 16-year-old son Andrew has autism.
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This is a blog post by Stephen Kanne, PhD, executive director of the University of Missouri Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders. The Thompson Center is a proud member of the Autism Speaks, Autism Treatment Network. Dr. Kanne serves as Co-PI on the Autism Speaks-ATN grant.
This blog post is from Glen Finland on her experience at Washington Nationals Autism Awareness Day 2013 at Nationals Park! Glen is the author of Next Stop: An Autistic Son Grows Up, Penguin's 2012 Pick for National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
Posted by Nicole Stadnick, a 2010 Weatherstone predoctoral fellow at San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego (SDSU/UCSD). Nicole’s
We have to wait two months for our child’s diagnostic evaluation. How can we prepare?
This week’s “Got Questions?” answer comes from Lauren Elder, PhD, Autism Speaks assistant director of dissemination science
Unfortunately it’s common for families to have to wait weeks to months for a diagnostic evaluation after a parent, doctor or teacher
Katie Couric is an award-winning journalist and TV personality, well-known cancer advocate, and 'New York Times' best-selling author of 'The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons From Extraordinary Lives.'
Couric hosts and executive produces her own syndicated daytime talk show, Katie, which premiered in national syndication last September. She also serves as a special correspondent for ABC News, contributing to 'ABC World News,' 'Nightline,' '20/20,' 'Good Morning America,' 'This Week
Molly Whalen, a District of Columbia mom with two kids on the spectrum, recently testified in favor of legislation that for the first time would require autism coverage in health insurance plans sold in the District. The DC Council votes June 4 on its new Health Benefit Exchange policies which will start operation in 2014. Here is her story:
My husband and I are Washingtonians, and have been homeowners in DC for over 22 years. When my oldest child was diagnosed with autism, most pediatricians did not even consider discussing
Thanks to college students across the country, Autism Speaks U chapters and students played a key role in many of Autism Speaks’ accomplishments and successes this school year!
Check out the list below to see how students helped support Autism Speaks’ mission to change the future for all who struggle with autism spectrum disorders.
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