Research by Topic: interventions

Dr. Tristram Smith of the University of Rochester passes away at age 57

Published August 8, 2018

It is with great sadness that we share the news that Dr. Tristram Smith passed away suddenly Monday morning. He was a hero—quietly changing the face of evidence-based interventions for autism and giving families both hope and plans for how to get there. Our sincere condolences to his family and his colleagues at the University […]

Filed under: advocacy, Autism, children, families, featured, hope, interventions, research, science, services, Tristram Smith, University of Rochester

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Learn what the new Autism Centers for Excellence are doing

Published October 15, 2017

Listen to this week’s podcast which describes the new Autism Centers for Excellence awards from the NIH and how they will affect the lives of people with ASD.  

Filed under: Autism Centers for Excellence, featured, funding, Grants, interventions, research, Treatment

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A scary Halloween story about the media misrepresenting science

Published October 31, 2016

How long do you have to study an intervention to see if it works? Many scientists agree that it isn’t just about what happens in the short run, but if those interventions can be sustained for long periods of time. In the case of very early interventions, it is now clear that treatment for about […]

Filed under: Autism, Early Intervention, featured, interventions, media

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Intervention studies are going to get better

Published June 21, 2016

Studies looking at interventions in autism have been plagued with issues of: what treatments will work best in which people,  and use of instruments to detect change that were never designed for use in people with autism. Recently, a new instrument was developed to look at improvements in social – communication in autism. This the […]

Filed under: Biomarkers, featured, interventions, outcomes, Treatments

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