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Webinar: Grandparents of Children on the Autism Spectrum

Their Own Role, Their Own Challenges

In this recorded webinar, Connie Anderson, Ph.D., explores what we know about the experiences of grandparents of children with ASD and their importance in the lives of these families.

Who is Connie Anderson?

Connie Anderson, Ph.D., is the Director of Towson University’s Post Baccalaureate Certificate (PBC) program in Autism Studies. At TU, she prepares educators, mental health professionals, occupational therapists, child life specialists, and advocates with in-depth knowledge about autism spectrum disorders (ASD). She also conducts research on outcomes of young adult with ASD with a focus on their experiences with postsecondary education, employment and adult services. Before coming to TU, she worked on the Interactive Autism Network (IAN) project at Kennedy Krieger Institute. While there, she launched the largest ever survey of grandparents of children on the autism spectrum, publishing several articles on the topic. Dr. Anderson holds a doctoral degree in Sociology and Marriage & Family Therapy from the University of Southern California.

Autism in the Workplace Survey

Take our survey and let your voice be heard! We are looking for young adults (16-30 years old) with Autism and/or their family members/caregivers/guardians to complete our survey.

The Thompson Policy Institute on Disability and Autism at Chapman University is interested in your opinions on the opportunities and services available for young adults with autism in the workplace.

Your responses will help us to better understand and advocate for policy changes to support young adults with autism transition into the workplace.

The survey should take approximately 10-20 minutes to complete. This survey is available in Spanish.

If you would like to receive a copy of the results, or if you have any questions, please email us at tpi@chapman.edu.

To take the survey:

1. Email tpi@chapman.edu– and let us know you would like to complete the

survey- we will send you the link OR

2.Visit this page to complete the survey:

https://chapmanu.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bC5TkzyvVBizJzf

Please Complete by March 31st, 2016

Neuroscientists reverse autism symptoms

Turning on a gene later in life can restore typical behavior in mice.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
February 17, 2016

Autism has diverse genetic causes, most of which are still unknown. About 1 percent of people with autism are missing a gene called Shank3, which is critical for brain development. Without this gene, individuals develop typical autism symptoms including repetitive behavior and avoidance of social interactions.

researchIn a study of mice, MIT researchers have now shown that they can reverse some of those behavioral symptoms by turning the gene back on later in life, allowing the brain to properly rewire itself.

This suggests that even in the adult brain we have profound plasticity to some degree, says Guoping Feng, an MIT professor of brain and cognitive sciences. There is more and more evidence showing that some of the defects are indeed reversible, giving hope that we can develop treatment for autistic patients in the future.

Feng, who is the James W. and Patricia Poitras Professor of Neuroscience and a member of MITs McGovern Institute for Brain Research and the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute, is the senior author of the study, which appears in the Feb. 17 issue of Nature. The papers lead authors are former MIT graduate student Yuan Mei and former Broad Institute visiting graduate student Patricia Monteiro, now at the University of Coimbra in Portugal.

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Recent Autism Articles in the Journal of Pediatrics

You can read about recent autism studies in the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics here.

Read a special feature about autism in this Nature supplement….

Autism Speaks cosponsored a special supplement on autism spectrum disorders in the respected scientific journal Nature. You can read the articles online here

Study Confirms: Autism Wandering Common & Scary

A new study confirms what many parents know well: Wandering by children with autism is common, dangerous and puts tremendous stress on families. Go here to read this article.

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