Researchers are a step closer to answering one of the critical questions about the brain – how neural networks in the organ perform the computations necessary for higher-level brain functions.

Creating a program to train educators to better teach students with developmental disabilities, including autism, is the goal of new grant-funded research by faculty in the Purdue University’s College of Education. Rose Mason, an assistant professor of educational studies in the College of Education and a member of the Purdue Autism Cluster, is principal investigator for the three-year […]

Attention Graduate and Undergraduate Students studying diverse fields related to autism: you are invited to present posters at the Purdue Autism Research Conference which is open to researchers, students and community members at and beyond Purdue University.   Abstracts must be uploaded at https://tinyurl.com/PARCPosters by 11:59PM EST on August 1, 2018. Accepted presenters will be […]

Purdue Honors College Summer Mini-Courses: Trends and Issues in Autism Intervention Course Description: This mini-course provides an introduction to early educational and behavioral intervention for children with autism. You will develop an awareness of the evidence-base for autism treatment models and become familiar with current trends and issues related to autism intervention. Specific attention will […]

Imagine trying to improve the diagnosis, intervention, and community support for a condition that often does not look the same from one person to the next.

  Dr. Mandy Rispoli, Associate Professor of Special Education in the Department of Educational Studies, along with co-authors Marjorie Charlop and Russell Lang, published Play and Social Skills for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder which discusses the deficits in the development and presentation of play behavior and social skills that are considered central characteristics of autism […]