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Do you have a child with autism and a new baby?… is critically important that these findings are replicated in a new study. Fortunately, the IBIS network has received a new grant to study 250 infants with older siblings with autism at five major Universities around the country. The only problem …
Money Follows the Person Program is extended!… cost-effective care. The MFP project was authorized through 2016 although some states will be able to continue to use their grant funds through 2020. However,  without Congressional reauthorization, states will lose access to the enhanced funding …
Investigating autism's environmental risk factors … age and prenatal health, as well as exposure to chemicals and other pollutants. Autism Speaks provided additional research grants to broaden and fill gaps in the ambitious study. The goal: to deepen our understanding of how autism develops in ways … of impairments, earlier intervention and personalized treatments and supports. Read about each of Autism Speaks’ EARLI grants using the Autism Speaks Grant Search . Because autism tends to run in families, EARLI researchers enrolled families …
EMPOWER Care Act introduced to reauthorize Money Follows the Person… cost-effective care. The MFP project was authorized through 2016 although some states will be able to continue to use their grant funds through 2020. However, without Congressional reauthorization, states will lose access to the enhanced funding …
Autism Speaks and Royal Arch Masons award $170,000 of funding to researchers studying auditory processing disorder … Autism Speaks, with the support of a Royal Arch Research Assistance grant, is funding one pilot research project and one post-doctoral fellowship to advance the study of central auditory …
Autism Speaks urges adapted hospital policies to allow support providers for autistic and disabled people… guardians or support providers.  Autism Speaks applauds the 14 states * that have issued direct guidance to hospitals to grant exceptions to visitor restrictions for people with disabilities, allowing them a guardian or support person at their …
New research on sexual minority autistic adults… A recent study, published in Autism in Adulthood and supported by an Autism Speaks postdoctoral fellowship grant , examined the mental health and quality of life of sexual minority autistic adults. In the study, the term "sexual …
Speech Devices Can Help Build Language in Schoolchildren with Autism… Angeles; Vanderbilt University, Nashville; and the Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore. It was supported by  a research grant from Autism Speaks Sixty children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) participated in the study. They ranged in age …
Autism Speaks and Royal Arch Masons award $180,000 of funding to researchers studying auditory processing disorder… Autism Speaks, with the support of a Royal Arch Research Assistance grant, is funding three pilot research projects to advance the study of central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) in … quality of life for autistic children with CAPD.” Each pilot study receives $60,000 of funding for one year.  Meet our grantees: Emily Knight, M.D./Ph.D. University of Rochester             Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often …
Autism Speaks awards more than $4.7 million for autism research… throughout the life span, for the needs of people with autism and their families, today announced more than $4.7 million in grant funding to 26 researchers studying autism. As a major funder of autism research, Autism Speaks is committed to … that will help us understand autism better and lead us to more personalized care and services.” Applications for all four grant categories were reviewed by panels that included scientists, medical specialists, and autism advocates, and were …