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WHO Caregiver Skills Training shows promising results in Italy… A new study published this October in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders offers evidence that the World Health Organization (WHO) Caregiver Skills Training (CST) program … The lack of consistent engagement with a communicative partner reduces autistic children’s ability to develop needed communication skills, emotional regulation and daily living skills .   Overall, the analysis of the CST program showed … months after the final session of the CST program found that the training resulted in several improvements to parent-child interactions. Parents significantly improved their ability to support interactions with their children by “scaffolding” (or …

Autism Speaks announces new grant opportunity for autistic scientists… Scientists . Through this fellowship program, we hope to increase autistic representation in the field of autism research and empower a greater number of autistic scientists to pursue long-lasting research careers.  The Predoctoral Fellowship … in low resource settings  Pre-clinical studies aimed at reducing the most disabling challenges associated with autism  Interactions with service systems that can inform systematic policy changes  Research that benefits intersectional … Studies that focus on individuals who experience autism with intellectual disability, who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), or those for whom communication solutions are unavailable  Letters of Intent are due on or before …

Social media offers benefits for autistic community… Lydia is an autistic author, speaker, blogger and advocate from Pittsburgh. There is no question that social media has changed the way people interact. We hear a lot about the lack of face-to-face conversations, perpetual access to communication, a source of distraction that takes us out of the moment. But for me, like many autistic people, those same … also come with their own version of the “hidden curriculum” — the unspoken but widely understood set of rules that governs interactions online. These things aren’t dangerous, but they are seen as socially inappropriate and can create awkward …

Autism Speaks opens grant applications for autistic researchers… Scientists . Through this fellowship program, we hope to increase autistic representation in the field of autism research and empower a greater number of autistic scientists to pursue long-lasting research careers.   The Predoctoral Fellowship … studies aimed at helping to ameliorate the most disabling challenges associated with autism  Research addressing interactions with service systems that can inform systematic policy changes  Research that benefits communities who … Studies that focus on individuals who experience autism with intellectual disability, who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), or those for whom communication solutions are unavailable  Last year’s grant recipients designed …