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January
7, 2008
The NLMFF is pleased
to announce several new research
grants aimed at investigating
communication difficulties,
capacities and options for
individuals with autism spectrum
disorders. Please click here
to view a list of our newly
funded communications grants
and investigators.
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January
4 , 2007
Professor
Simon Baron-Cohen and Professor
Iuean Hughes (Cambridge University
UK) have been awarded a major
program grant from the Medical
Research Council (UK) to test
if autism is associated with
elevated levels of foetal
testosterone (FT). The NLM
Family Foundation funded the
preliminary studies that formed
the background to this new
grant. The new study involves
a collaboration with the biobank
in Denmark in order to have
a sufficiently large number
of cases of formally diagnosed
autism to relate to amniotic
testosterone. FT has major
organizational effects on
brain development (Prenatal
Testosterone In Mind, MIT
Press, 2005).
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December
20 , 2006
The NLM Family Foundation
announces the availability
of research funds for projects
aimed at investigating communication
difficulties, capacities and
options for individuals with
autism spectrum disorders.
The Foundation will provide
total grant support of up
to $100 thousand for one year.
Application is open to investigators
at established research institutions
(both for profit and not-for-profit)
and investigators at state
health agencies, the FDA,
VA, and at intramural divisions
of NIH.
The deadline for receipt of
Letters of Intent is March
15, 2007. Approved applicants
will be requested to submit
a full grant proposal for
submission by June 1, 2007.
Awards will be announced in
autumn, 2007.
Click
here for a copy of the full
program announcement and submission
information.
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July
5, 2006
NLMFF-supported film,
Autism Is A World, has received
the Edward R. Murrow Award
for National News Documentary.
The Radio-Television News
Directors Association (RTNDA)
has been honoring outstanding
achievements in electronic
journalism with Edward R.
Murrow Awards since 1971.
According to the RTNDA, Murrow's
pursuit of excellence in journalism
embodies the spirit of the
awards that carry his name.
Murrow Award recipients demonstrate
the spirit of excellence that
Murrow made a standard for
the broadcast news profession.
To learn more about this award,
plea se
click
here.
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May
23 , 2006
Julia Landau, Esq., senior manager
at the Massachusetts Advocates for Children
and director of the NLMFF-supported Autism
Special Education Legal Support Center,
was named the recipient of the 2006 Doug
Flutie, Jr. Award for her work in leading
the advocacy project for children with autism.
The award was given by Laurie Flutie at
the Annual Autism Update Conference, a collaboration
of the Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism
and Children Making Strides, at the Waltham
Westin Hotel on May 1, 2006.
- April 18,
2006
Academy-Award nominated film, Autism Is A
World, supported by the NLM Family Foundation, receives
a CINE Golden Eagle Award, which recognizes excellence
in documentary and other informational film and video
production. The CINE Golden Eagle awards are internationally
recognized as symbols of the highest production standards
in film and television production. CINE is dedicated to
discovering, rewarding, educating, and supporting established
and emerging talent in film and video.Recipients of CINE
Golden Eagles include Steven Spielberg, George Lucas,
John Lasseter, David Grubin, Barbara Kopple, Charles Guggenheim,
Ken Burns, Albert Maysles.
Autism Is A World , written by Sue Rubin, was
produced and directed by Gerardine Wurzburg, President
of State of the Art. This will be State of the Art's fourth
CINE Golden Eagle award. For more information about Autism
Is A World, please visit: www.autismisaworld.com
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