Maureen Butler, NDL first-year doctoral student in clinical psychology, has just been announced a Randi J. Hagerman Summer Scholar by the National Fragile X Foundation! In her project proposal titled,” The Biological Basis of Pragmatic Language in Fragile X Premutation Carriers,” Maureen aims to understand how biological factors might influence pragmatic language skills among those with the fragile [...]
Please enjoy our holiday card and best holiday wishes from all of us at the NDL.
Please check out the flier below or attached PDF at bottom for more information on our study. NDL-flyer-FX2019_v2
Northwestern Now recently interviewed Dr. Losh and Dr. Lau, the lab’s post-doctoral fellow, on their recently published study, ‘Cross-linguistic patterns of speech prosodic differences in autism: A machine learning study’. In this study, machine learning was used to identify speech patterns in children with autism that were consistent between English and Cantonese. The results [...]
Our lab member Kritika Nayar has published a new paper titled 'A constellation of eye-tracking measures reveals social attention differences in ASD and the broad autism phenotype' in the journal of Molecular Autism! Click here to access or check it out on our publications page!
Our team is so excited to attend the 18th International Fragile X Conference in San Diego on July 14th – 17th, where we will be presenting new findings, as well as providing opportunities for families to participate in our studies. We hope that this opportunity to participate may be both convenient and fun for families. Participation can [...]
Every year, the NDL celebrates Fragile X advocacy day and this year, it is on March 1st 2022! Advocacy Day is one day each year when we come together as a community, talk to our members of Congress and their staff about Fragile X and how the federal government can help with research investments and [...]
Happy Holidays from the NDL! Please enjoy our annual holiday card, message pasted below: As this year comes to an end, we wanted to wish you all a very happy holiday season and a happy New Year from all of us at the Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Laboratory at Northwestern University. We are so grateful for all [...]
As the research surrounding Autism has increased, we have also seen an increase in the awareness and acceptance of Autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Community outreach programs are helping young adults get access to occupational therapy resources, gain valuable job experience, and learn skills to lead an independent life. […]
