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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
The Chicago Dogs, Chicago’s newest independent baseball team, is hosting its first Autism Awareness Night on Sunday, August 12th! […]
The NDL team had a great time at the National Fragile X Foundation’s 16th International Fragile X Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. […]
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. […]
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. […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now estimates that 1 in every 36 children in the United States has an autism diagnosis representing the importance of continued research in this area.
Dr. James Pennebaker, an expert in the computational analysis of language, recently visited Northwestern from the University of Texas-Austin. […]
The NDL was proud to sponsor the 2018 Night of Dreams gala on April 27 in support of Have Dreams, an organization that provides job training and other services to individuals with autism. […]
As part of our recognition of Autism Awareness Month, The NDL was proud to sponsor the 2018 Autism Speaks Walk in Des Moines, Iowa on April 29. […]
