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Just Another Autism Podcast:A Conversation with PECS Creators Andy Bondy and Lori Frost… In this episode of Just Another Autism Podcast, Eileen Lamb interviews Andy Bondy and Lori Frost, the creators of the Picture Exchange Communication System … (PECS) and the Pyramid Approach to Education. Their organization empowers individuals with developmental disabilities, autism, and communication challenges, allowing them to shape their own lives and actively engage with the world around them. …
Study finds altered brain growth patterns that predict autism… Experimental brain-imaging method predicts autism based on early differences in brain growth; potential for earlier diagnosis and therapy for high-risk infants The … Study (IBIS) found early differences in the growth rate of the brain that distinguished which infants at high risk for autism would develop the condition. If larger studies confirm the findings, the method could become the first to accurately …
Autism Speaks announces new grant funding for early-career scientists … NEW YORK - In further support of the mission objective to be a catalyst for life-enhancing research breakthroughs, Autism Speaks announced a new round of funding this week for two research fellowship programs for early career scientists. Pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellowship awards are available to researchers studying autism as graduate students or after completing a doctoral program. “Supporting the work of the next generation of autism …
Why you should wear blue on April 2 for World Autism Awareness Day… This guest post is by Kerry Magro , an international motivational speaker on the autism spectrum . For more than a decade now April 2nd has had a very special meaning to me. The United Nations in 2007 proclaim April 2nd as World Autism Awareness Day but it also became a day to start a national conversation about autism. Later, when Light It Up Blue …
Autism Speaks awards $320,000 in grants to 71 organizations serving the ASD community… August 16, 2022 Autism Speaks is proud to announce this year’s recipients of its annual Local Impact Grants. These grants fund nonprofit … 28 states will receive a combined $320,000 to expand their services which will impact an estimated 105,000 people in the autism community. Their programs will provide education and training, recreation, athletic and community services, young …
Iowa Department of Human Services addresses barriers to care for children with autism on Medicaid… Autism Speaks, along with other partners and advocates, has been working to reduce barriers to care for Iowa children with autism covered by Medicaid. Thanks to these joint advocacy efforts, the Iowa Department of Human Services will be taking …
What I would like people to know about having autism and an invisible disability… This guest post is by Kerry Magro , a professional speaker, best-selling author and autism entertainment consultant who is on the autism spectrum. Has anyone ever said to you, "You have autism? But you look so normal!" When I was diagnosed with autism …
Spanish resources help bilingual families in the autism community overcome language barriers … While she was waiting for her son’s autism diagnostic appointment, Berlina Felipe did her research. She had a year during that wait, reading about what to … strong as hers. To help bridge the language barrier, their son’s providers at University of California-Irvine’s Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (CAND) offered the Felipes several of the 24 Autism Speaks tool kits that have been …
Autism Speaks Grantee Recipient Story: Mitchell’s Place Sensory and Occupational Therapy… Autism Speaks supports community programs that provide people with autism with fulfilling social and educational experiences through the Autism Speaks Local Impact Grant program . Mitchell’s …
Autism Speaks hosts 6th biennial Advocacy Leadership Network meeting… This week, Autism Speaks is hosting the meeting of the Advocacy Leadership Network (ALN), a global collective of accomplished advocates … families, policymakers, leaders of advocacy organizations and researchers united in their efforts to promote greater autism awareness and improve the wellbeing of autistic people and their families around the world. Advocates from 33 …