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Meet Lia M. … kids with those items by having them and their parents put those items on a wish list. We would get sponsors and try to grant as many of those items as we could so that those kids could continue those therapy-like sessions at home.”  This …
Autism Speaks and Royal Arch Masons award $170,000 of funding to researchers studying auditory processing disorder … Autism Speaks, with the support of a Royal Arch Research Assistance grant, is funding one pilot research project and one post-doctoral fellowship to advance the study of central auditory …
Autism Speaks urges adapted hospital policies to allow support providers for autistic and disabled people… guardians or support providers.  Autism Speaks applauds the 14 states * that have issued direct guidance to hospitals to grant exceptions to visitor restrictions for people with disabilities, allowing them a guardian or support person at their …
New research shows sexual minority autistic adults experience poorer mental health and quality of life… A recent study, published in Autism in Adulthood and supported by an Autism Speaks postdoctoral fellowship grant , examined the mental health and quality of life of sexual minority autistic adults. In the study, the term "sexual …
Autism Speaks and Royal Arch Masons award $180,000 of funding to researchers studying auditory processing disorder… Autism Speaks, with the support of a Royal Arch Research Assistance grant, is funding three pilot research projects to advance the study of central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) in … quality of life for autistic children with CAPD.” Each pilot study receives $60,000 of funding for one year.  Meet our grantees: Emily Knight, M.D./Ph.D. University of Rochester             Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often …
Autism Speaks and Royal Arch Masons fund research on auditory processing disorder … Autism Speaks, with the support of a Royal Arch Research Assistance grant, is funding a pilot study and a research fellowship to address sound-processing difficulties among people with autism …
Gnome Surf: creating a wave of inclusivity and kindness for autism families … friendships.    Thanks in large part to corporate sponsors, individual donors and grants, such as the Norma and Malcolm Baker Recreation Grant funded by Autism Speaks,  Gnome Surf  is able to provide individual surf therapy sessions as well as free weekly camps …
*Rescheduled* In-Person LOCAL Greater Boston & Southeastern, MA “Open” Outdoor Enthusiasts Club for Adults, 6/12/22, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET By AANE… ET WHERE: Revere Beach, Revere, MA HOST:  Katie McLean, LICSW COST: Free – The Outdoor Enthusiasts Club is funded through a grant from the Garth Family Foundation. CAPACITY: 15 participants REGISTRATION: *Please read the AANE In-Person Program & …
Small study finds B12 injections ease autism symptoms in some children… Some earlier research has suggested that the process is impaired in some people with autism . The new study, supported by a grant from Autism Speaks , appears online in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology . It is the first …
Coffee shop serves up employment opportunities for autistic young adults… I was introduced to Fran Hines, a trustee of Belmar First Aid Squad. He and a few other trustees had the opportunity to grant money to local charities and nonprofits in the area. Thankfully, they chose the Kindness Cafe!”  Now in its second …