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Is there research on the use of cannabis products with children with autism?… Spafford Ackerly Chair for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He also has served as a reviewer for the Autism Speaks special grant program for preclinical translational research and the Autism Speaks translational postdoctoral fellowship grant program. Q: Is there research on the use of cannabis products with children with autism? Cannabis products have been …

Grade-schooler with Autism Nauseated by Food Smells… of Philadelphia, a member of the  Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network . With the support of an Autism Speaks research grant , Dr. Kuschner is developing and testing a cognitive behavioral treatment program that addresses the complex reasons … as these are an important part of the Facing Your Fears program, developed with the support of an Autism Speaks research grant by Judy Reaven and colleagues at the University of Colorado, Denver. Its techniques are designed to treat anxiety in …

What is Discrete Trial Training?… interventions and the development of more effective interventions. You can explore  these  and other Autism Speaks research grants using this website’s Grant Search. … What is Discrete Trial Training? …

What is it about autism and food?… of Philadelphia, a member of the  Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network . With the support of an Autism Speaks research grant , Dr. Kuschner is developing and testing a cognitive behavioral treatment program that addresses the complex reasons …

Can exercise improve behavior? Help encouraging a child who has autism… of research and family service projects related to the benefits of exercise. Explore  more studies using this website’s Grant Search . Also see our Family Services portal to “ Health and Fitness .” Got more questions?  Send them to …

Autism and depression: What is the connection?… associated with thinking about suicide and suicide attempts in children with ASD . (The study was supported, in part, by a grant from Autism Speaks .) Through parent interviews, the researchers inquired about 791 children with autism, 186 …

Parents See Son’s Autism Ease during Fever; ‘Anyone Studying This?'… study on this “fever effect,” in the journal Pediatrics. The research was made possible, in part, by a 2001 research grant from an organization that eventually merged with others to form Autism Speaks in 2005. Led by graduate student Laura …

Autism and Anxiety: Loud Noises… of cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety in adolescents with autism, with the support of an  Autism Speaks research grant . Editor’s note: The following information is not meant to diagnose or treat and should not take the place of personal …

Autism and thunder: Parents seek advice to ease child’s extreme fear … therapy for anxiety in children and adolescents with autism, with the support of an   Autism Speaks research grant . Editor’s note: The following information is not meant to diagnose or treat and should not take the place of personal …

Autism & anxiety: Parents seek help for extreme reaction to loud noise… of cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety in adolescents with autism, with the support of an Autism Speaks research grant . Our 12-year-old son has autism, mild intellectual disability and anxiety attacks so severe that we end up in the …