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Autism Speaks awards $135k in grant funding to support Latino autistic youth in Houston, TX … Autism Speaks, the global nonprofit dedicated to creating an inclusive world for all individuals with autism throughout their lifespan, announced nearly $135,000 in grant funding to a researcher studying the transition to …
COVID-19 survey reveals widespread challenges for autism community and wider disparities for minority communities … A survey conducted in April by Autism Speaks – the first autism-specific survey to include a broad minority population - found that families of autistic children and adults were …
Restaurant owner and proud Puerto Rican autism dad advocates for son and autistic community as a whole… As an autism dad and owner of Que Chevere, a Puerto Rican restaurant in New York City’s Lower East Side, Michael Petrovitch is … simply a recommendation to a family in need.” Michael’s first recommendation when asked for advice is simple… reach out to Autism Speaks. Today, his son, Dominic is 20 years old and set to embark on his final year of the Cooke Transitions program …
Angela Timashenka Geiger to step down later this year as president and CEO of Autism Speaks… (New York, NY) March 9, 2021 – Today, Angela Timashenka Geiger and the Autism Speaks Board of Directors announced Ms. Geiger will step down as president and CEO of Autism Speaks later this year. This comes after a five-year tenure during which time Ms. Geiger introduced a new strategic …
Autism Speaks teams up with NCAA basketball coaches and fans for Coaches Powering Forward… Campaign February 9 through 11 promotes understanding and acceptance of people with autism NEW YORK (January 25, 2018) – Scores of college basketball coaches will wear Autism Speaks blue puzzle-piece pins the weekend of February 9 through 11, when the organization teams up with NCAA …
Autism Speak elects Zumper Chief Marketing Officer Darren Goode to national board… PRINCETON – Autism Speaks, the nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting solutions across the spectrum and throughout the life span for people with autism and their families, announces the election of Darren Goode, chief marketing officer of Zumper, to the national board …
Autism Speaks welcomes Dr. Brian Boyd as newest member of science advisory group … Autism Speaks is pleased to announce that Brian Boyd, Ph.D., has joined the organization’s Medical and Science Advisory Committee . The committee provides continual guidance to Autism Speaks leadership on achieving our scientific mission of improving lives today and accelerating a spectrum of …
Autism Speaks and Royal Arch Masons fund 2 new studies on auditory processing disorder… Autism Speaks, with the support of a Royal Arch Research Assistance grant, is funding two pilot studies to understand … supporting this work to help understand a major communication and learning challenge that affects many people with autism,” said Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Thomas Frazier. “We are grateful for this longstanding partnership as we …
Culturally informed intervention strategies may be effective in reducing autism stigma in South Korea … A new study of South Korean families, presented as part of the International Society for Autism Research annual meeting last week, reveals higher autism stigma and less autism knowledge in those families compared with U.S. families. Greater autism stigma and less …
Study finds teens with autism more likely to develop suicidal behavior due to bullying … A study published in Autism Research found that adolescents on the autism spectrum who were bulled were twice as likely as peers to develop suicidal tendencies over time . Researchers …