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Autism Speaks awards $148,000 of funding to autistic researchers… whose combination of academic expertise and lived experience can greatly impact the field of autism research. This grant opportunity allows us to fund innovative research that resonates with the autistic community and makes a meaningful … Andy Shih, chief science officer at Autism Speaks. Researchers will be awarded $37,000 per year for two years. Meet our grantees: Scout Bolton University of Missouri Primary Mentor: Shawn Christ, Ph.D. Approximately 56-70% of autistic youth …
Do you have a child with autism and a new baby?… is critically important that these findings are replicated in a new study. Fortunately, the IBIS network has received a new grant to study 250 infants with older siblings with autism at five major Universities around the country. The only problem …
Money Follows the Person Program is extended!… cost-effective care. The MFP project was authorized through 2016 although some states will be able to continue to use their grant funds through 2020. However, without Congressional reauthorization, states will lose access to the enhanced funding …
Investigating autism's environmental risk factors … age and prenatal health, as well as exposure to chemicals and other pollutants. Autism Speaks provided additional research grants to broaden and fill gaps in the ambitious study. The goal: to deepen our understanding of how autism develops in ways … of impairments, earlier intervention and personalized treatments and supports. Read about each of Autism Speaks’ EARLI grants using the Autism Speaks Grant Search . Because autism tends to run in families, EARLI researchers enrolled families …
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 …
EMPOWER Care Act introduced to reauthorize Money Follows the Person… cost-effective care. The MFP project was authorized through 2016 although some states will be able to continue to use their grant funds through 2020. However, without Congressional reauthorization, states will lose access to the enhanced funding …
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 …
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 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 …