Find the NDL at the Iowa State Fair!
Our group will be at the Iowa State Fair from August 9-19 to share information about our studies with Iowans! […]
Kritika Nayar at Seven Minutes of Scholarship
Kritika Nayar, a 5th year doctoral student in the lab, presented her work at Northwestern University’s Seven Minutes of Scholarship on Wednesday, August 1st. […]
Eye Movement Test Could Help Diagnose Autism
In a study recently published in the European Journal of Neuroscience, researchers conducted a number of experiments comparing eye movements in typically developing individuals and individuals with autism. […]
The Growing Acceptance of Autism in the Workplace
In 2015, Jenny Lay-Flurrie, the chief accessibility officer at Microsoft, helped create a new hiring system focusing on key talents of candidates with autism. […]
MRI Scans of Children with Autism Show Differences in Social Reward Brain Pathway
A study from Stanford University School of Medicine, published in the journal, Brain, compared brain scans from children with autism and typically developing children, focusing on the pathway in the brain that typically makes social interactions feel rewarding. […]
Teacher Training Leads to Improvements for Students with Autism
A recent study published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology found that when teachers of school-aged children with autism received special training, their students showed improvements in social participation in the classroom. […]
Autism Awareness Night with the Chicago Dogs
The Chicago Dogs, Chicago’s newest independent baseball team, is hosting its first Autism Awareness Night on Sunday, August 12th! […]
NDL at the International Fragile X Conference
The NDL team had a great time at the National Fragile X Foundation’s 16th International Fragile X Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. […]
Fragile X Awareness at New York Stock Exchange
On July 5, representatives from the FRAXA Research Foundation took part in the ringing of the New York Stock Exchange opening bell to raise awareness for fragile X syndrome. […]
NDL Undergraduate Ania Holubecki Presents Senior Thesis
Ania Holubecki, an undergraduate research assistant in the Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Lab, presented a poster on her senior thesis at Northwestern’s 2018 Undergraduate Research and Arts Exposition. […]