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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. 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? …
Research to practice: Expanding opportunities for employment… Assessments from the Alpine Learning Group   The Alpine Learning Group of Paramus, N.J., with the support through a grant from NEXT for AUTISM from the proceeds of Comedy Central’s  Night of Too Many Stars , developed two assessments to be …
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 …
Promoting social skills for autistic teens… studies involving adolescents with autism. You can explore these and other Autism Speaks studies using our  Autism Speaks grant search . … Promoting social skills for autistic teens …
Newly diagnosed adult with autism seeks therapy advice… for developmental disabilities at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Dr. Farley received an Autism Speaks research grant to study the factors that help or hinder the development and success of adults with autism. I’m a newly diagnosed …
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 …
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. How can we help our daughter, who has autism, transition to college? In high school, she’s in a …
Fever effect in autism… 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 …