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Collaboration Addresses Transition to Adulthood for Autism Patients … to adulthood has been awarded a total of $1 million over the next three years from the Cleveland Foundation. The grant will help to support the work of a three-year pilot in which The MetroHealth System, Autism Speaks and Milestones … support these young people and their families and the partnership among these entities allows us to do that at scale.” The grant will fund a joint effort between MetroHealth and Autism Speaks to develop a Transition Clinic with a specific focus on … Milestones or other community providers and organizations”, said Kate Brown, MetroHealth’s Chief Development Officer. The grant from the Cleveland Foundation will launch the program while additional philanthropic funds are secured to complete the …
Basic advocacy skills: Step by step… you are advocating and to whom you ultimately need to advocate. Does the person you are addressing have the authority to grant your request or resolve your situation? What constraints does s/he face? Step 6. Present your “case.” Step 7. Consider … shape your strategy. You are bringing your concerns to your child’s teacher and school principal. But are they empowered to grant your request ? If you are advocating to someone who lacks sufficient authority, no matter how hard you press – and regardless of whether they are sympathetic to your position – they will be unable to grant your request. The goal of your advocacy with the team might then be to get them to support you in bringing your …
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 …
IACC announces top autism research advances of 2017… . Eight of the “Top Twenty” reports came out of studies supported by Autism Speaks , either directly through research grants or through the Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network (ATN) in its federally funded role as the Autism Intervention … at 24 months of age . Emerson RW, Adams C, Nishino T, et al. Sci Transl Med. 2017 Jun 7;9(393). [Autism Speaks research grant 6020 ] Early brain development in infants at high risk for autism spectrum disorder . Hazlett HC, Gu H, Munsell BC, et al. Nature . 2017;542:348-51. [Autism Speaks research grant 6020 ] A prospective study of the concordance of DSM-IV and DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder . …
Meet Lisa H.… work to ensure other children are just as fortunate. “What inspired me to really step up my donations was the Autism Cares grant program. Anything I can do to reduce the burden on other families in similar situations, I will do. It’s just really …
Autism Speaks launches Early Career Investigators Advisory Subcommittee… exceptional research training opportunities related to the study of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Since 2006, we have granted nearly $19 million in predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowship awards to 236 researchers studying the biology of ASD, … We welcome their diversity of expertise and perspectives to our science advisory committee”. In addition to advising on grant funding and research opportunities, the subcommittee will provide guidance on career development issues relevant to …
This inclusion project is supporting preschoolers with autism … and an accompanying toolkit for teachers that would be widely available. Our program was fortunate to obtain this generous grant from Autism Speaks. With this funding, we were able design a training package on how to effectively include children … Thank you so much for including our preschool, Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Preschool, in your Autism Speaks grant. It has been an honor and privilege to be able to work alongside of you. I really enjoy sharing and showing you how we …
This program teaches people with autism how to swim… for the more advanced swimmer, teaches stroke work and easy competition skills for Special Olympics. With the support of grant funding from Autism Speaks, STRIDE was able to fund the program for 15 new swimmers and 10 advanced swimmers who …
Meet Bin F.… & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage month important to you? For a long time, the AAPI communities are regarded as “Model Immigrants” and also called “Silent People.” We always try to keep peace and avoid confrontation; we don’t want to fight with … we are trying to promote CST in other cities in U.S. Learn more about the Autism Family Caregivers Act which would provide grant funding to caregiver skills training programs across the United States. Join us in asking for Congress’s support. You …
Autism Speaks funds promising new treatment and diagnostic studies … Autism Speaks is pleased to announce more than $1.6 million in grants for three promising research projects that will each span three years. The first study will rigorously test a new … Mindy Scheithauer, of Emory University’s Marcus Autism Center, will lead the study. It will enroll 76 children. The second grant will support a clinical trial of leucovorin (a form of folate, or vitamin B9) that has shown early promise in …