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JAMA Pediatrics Viewpoint: At a Crossroads—Reconsidering the Goals of Autism Early Behavioral Intervention From a Neurodiversity Perspective
The neurodiversity perspective is challenging autism researchers and interventionists to reconsider what should be the goals of early intervention, and specifically, whether the goal of intervention should be preventing, or promoting the loss of, an autism diagnosis.
IACC Releases 2020 Summary of Advances in Autism Research
A clinical trial comparing the effects of intervention intensity and style on outcomes, which was conducted by center researchers, is among the IACC's latest Summary of Advances in Autism Research. Plain language summaries of the top 20 advances in autism biomedical and services research, as selected by members of the IACC, are included.
Autism Speaker Series - Join us for Brian Boyd, PhD, University of Kansas, "Understanding Implicit Racial Bias within the Context of ASD
All are welcome to join us for our next presentation in our Autism Speaker Series. Featuring leading investigators, clinicians, and practitioners sharing their latest research, interventions, and treatments.
Do early therapies help very young children with or at high likelihood for autism?
In an analysis of reviews published between 2009 and 2020 that assessed therapeutic or educational interventions for very young children with or at high likelihood for autism, researchers, led by Duke Center for Autism Associate Director Lauren Franz, MBChB, MPH, found that certain types of interventions—called naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions, developmental interventions, and behavioral interventions—can provide benefits, but there were significant limitations in the quality of the evidence and many differences in how studies were performed.
Access to Medicaid waivers varies with race, age, and region
Black and Hispanic people with autism or intellectual disability in North Carolina are less likely to receive a Medicaid waiver for home and community-based services than their white peers are, according to a new study.
Team works to promote neurodiversity at Duke
Team works to promote neurodiversity at Duke
Inside Duke Health, Tuesday, April 19, 2022 by Morag MacLachlan
What we are learning about the autistic brain – An interview with Dr. Geraldine Dawson
Dr. Geraldine Dawson, the William Cleland Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University talks with The Real Spectrum about new techniques in autism screening, early intervention strategies and some of the research she is conducting.
Read the full interview in The Real Spectrum here.
The Incredible Impact of Early Interventions: Autism Weekly Podcast
"It's important to get connected early. No one - regardless of where they live or what recources they have available to them - should have to wait extended periods of time to start services that can support child and family quality of life."
Duke Center for Autism Associate Director Dr. Lauren Franz joins Autism Weekly podcast to discuss the power of early interventions, the need for healthcare access, and how our research is making a difference.
New autism clinicians reflect on skill gaps, gains after remote training - Spectrum News
The pandemic has left many clinical trainees feeling isolated from their instructors and classmates. Duke Center for Austism clinician Marika Coffman, PhD, shares her perspective.In an editorial published in Autism Research in December, Dr. Coffman and other trainees offered recommendations on how faculty can support trainees in the remote learning environment and how trainees can advocate for themselves, should future lockdowns arise and some remote instruction stay the norm.