LIST OF AAC RESOURCES AND WEBSITES

For a list of useful resources and websites about Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), please visit the AAC section of the NLMFF's website.

SCSB AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS COLLOQUIUM SERIES

“Opportunities and Challenges in Drug Discovery for Autism Spectrum Disorders”

Speaker: Lawrence W. Fitzgerald, Ph.D., MBA, President, LW Fitzgerald Consulting, LLC

Date/Time: Wednesday, May 15, 6:00 pm, followed by a reception
Location: MIT Building 46-3002 (Singleton Auditorium), 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

"Reward and Empathy: Connections, Disconnections"

Speaker: Bhisma Chakrabarti, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Neuroscience, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, UK

Date/Time: Wednesday, June 12, 6:00 pm, followed by a reception
Location: MIT Building 46-3002 (Singleton Auditorium), 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Open to the public. Kindly RSVP to Annie if you plan to attend.

RELAXED PERFORMANCES PROJECT

Children and young people with autism, learning disabilities and sensory and communication disorders, attended a relaxed performance of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s family show, The Mouse and His Child, at Stratford-Upon-Avon on Monday, January 7th. The performance launched a national Relaxed Performance Project piloted by the Society of London Theatre (SOLT), the Theatrical Management Association (TMA) and The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts (Children & the Arts) and supported by the NLM Family Foundation. To read more about the project, please click on the link below.

Royal Shakespeare Company offers ‘Relaxed Performance’ of the Mouse and His Child for children with autism.


NATURE OUTLOOK AUTISM

Along with the Simons Foundation, Roche, Autism Speaks, and The Autism Science Foundation, the Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation recently sponsored the production of a special supplement in the journal, Nature, titled Nature Outlook Autism. Free full-text access to the Outlook supplement is available online.


LIVING WITH AUTISM IN ADULTHOOD

In July, the NLM Family Foundation sponsored a special one-day workshop, “Living with Autism in Adulthood,” at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss progressive public policy and planning initiatives relevant to adults with autism. Topics discussed included employment, residential planning, family and community supports, communication, and the transition to more independent living. Please click on the link below to view a summary of the presentations and discussions which took place at the workshop.

Living with Autism in Adulthood