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Statement on National Emergency Educational Waivers related to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act … Economic Security (CARES) Act, the U.S. Department of Education announced last week that it will not request that Congress grant it the authority to waive core tenets of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Autism Speaks is …
Autism Speaks and Autism Speaks Canada Support Launch of the Canadian Platform for Genomics and Precision Health… attribution. With this new platform, health data stewards can easily connect datasets into distributed networks and grant permissions for data consumers to be able to derive privacy-preserving federated insights across them. The system is …
Autism & GI-related Sleep Disturbances: Q&A … maternal or paternal ages independently increase autism risk – and to what extent each might do so. Supported by research grants from Autism Speaks , the iCare team looked at autism rates among 5,766,794 children – including more than 30,000 with … Explore all the research that Autism Speaks is funding – including research into autism risk factors – using this website’s Grant Search Engine . … Study also uncovers risk with wide gaps between parent ages; research needed to understand why … …
Launching the Autism Learning Health Network… researchers across the country. IAN continues this work today with funding from the Simons Foundation. With the PCORnet grant, IAN and ATN/AIR-P will join forces to advance the new Autism Learning Health Network with links to other national …
Holiday Safety Plan: Preventing meltdowns, wanderings and accidents… experience in teaching safety skills to people of all ages and all levels of autism. Kidpower was previously awarded a grant from Autism Speaks to increase the access and relevance of their “People Safety” curriculum for this community. … …
Real world autism interventions… studies from our work with this first group of children. The successful results led to an Autism Center of Excellence grant that enabled us to enroll an additional 192 minimally verbal 5- to 8-year-olds in an expanded SMART design trial. What … Explore all the research that Autism Speaks is funding – including research into autism risk factors – using Autism Speaks' Grant Search Engine . This work is made possible by the passion and generosity of our volunteers and donors. … An interview …
Guardianship and Conservatorship… are explored before guardianship or conservatorship is ordered. Some alternatives include Power of Attorney - a grant of shared authority by one person (the principal) to another (the agent or attorney-in-fact) to make decisions … provide annual accountings to the court and the court will remain involved throughout the conservatorship. Conservators are granted the authority to retain, invest and disburse funds for the ward, but this authority is also limited by state statue. …
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 …
How can we help our daughter transition to college?… team that is developing a college-orientation and socialization program for students with autism, with the support of a grant from Autism Speaks. Preparing teenagers for their transition to college is a demanding process for most parents and …
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 …