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Autism Risk Gene Linked to Sensory Overload
February 02, 2012
New research may explain how one autism gene produces sound hypersensitivities. More...
autism, Autism Speaks, autism spectrum disorder, Central Auditory Processing Disorder, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, Geraldine Dawson, Geri Dawson, Grants, John Elder Robison, Joseph Horrigan, PTEN, rapamycin, sensory issues, Tony Zador
In Support of the Caring for Military Kids with Autism Act
January 31, 2012
Remarks presented to Congress by Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Geri Dawson, Ph.D. More...
autism, Autism Speaks, autism spectrum disorder, Caring for Military Kids with Autism Act, Geraldine Dawson, Geri Dawson, insurance coverage, John Larson, Kirsten Gillibrand
Infant Brain Activity Flags Autism Risk
January 26, 2012
In their first year of life, babies who later develop autism tend to show unusual brain responses when watching a moving image of a face that... More...
Alycia Halladay, autism, Autism Speaks, Baby Siblings Research Consortium, brain activity, Diagnosis, early diagnosis, Early Intervention, Mark Johnson, Mayada Elsabbagh, response to faces
More Evidence of Autism’s Financial Toll
January 25, 2012
A new study from the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities shows medical costs averaging six times higher for... More...
Autism Speaks Announces Third Annual Baker Summer Camp Scholarship Program
January 25, 2012
Autism Speak announced its third annual Autism Speaks Baker Summer Camp Program, which will offer scholarship funds to camps of up to $5,000... More...
Baker Summer Camp Grants, Summer Camp
Autism Speaks Awards Over $1 Million in Family Services Community Grants in U.S., Canada
January 24, 2012
Autism Speaks announced the award of over $1 million in grants to directly support the innovative work of autism service providers in dozens of... More...
Adults, Education, Employment, Grants, Social Skills
Autism Speaks Invites Research Grant Applications
January 19, 2012
Autism Speaks is launching its 2012 requests for grant applications in the areas of treatment and basic or clinical research. More...
basic research, clinical research, grant applications, Grants, RFA, treatment research
2012 Geier Grant in Environmental Research
January 13, 2012
Autism Speaks awards the first annual Philip and Faith Geier Autism Research Grant in Environmental Sciences to epidemiologist M. Daniele... More...
autism, Autism Speaks, Birth, Daniele Fallin, early childhood, Environmental Risk Factors, epigenetics, gene-environment interactions, methylation, Philip and Faith Geier Autism Research Grant in Environmental Sciences, Philip Geier, prenatal