Congratulations to the 2020 Grantees for Clinical, Translational, and Basic Science Research Grant Program

Congratulations to the nine grantees who were awarded the Clinical, Translational, and Basic Science Research grants from the Governors Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism: Jeremy Lessing, PhD | Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Vlladen-Roko Rasin, MD PhD | Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Kirin Suri, MD | Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Barbie…

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New Webinar! Transitioning into Adulthood – Information about DDD Services for the 2020 Graduates

NEW WEBINAR! Transitioning into Adulthood    Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Time: 1:00 p.m. Presenter: Jennifer Joyce, Director of the Division’s Employment and Transition to 21 Unit   This webinar will provide information about accessing Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) services for students exiting the school system. It will include an overview of DDD, information about the eligibility process,…

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NJACE’s Swim Team Screening

NJACE’s Swim Team Screening Swim Team is a 2016 American documentary sports film about a competitive swim team of teenagers on the autism spectrum. The film was directed and produced by Lara Stolman. It premiered at the 2016 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival and was released in theaters in the United States on July 7, 2017. THE NEW JERSEY AUTISM CENTER OF EXCELLENCE SPONSORS…

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NJACE and New Jersey Devil’s

NJACE’S FIRST ANNUAL AUTISM ACCEPTANCE GAME  NJACE celebrated our FIRST ANNUAL AUTISM ACCEPTANCE GAME with a safe and sensory-sensitive hockey experience for autistic people and their families. We gave sets of 4 of tickets to 3 families to be our guests in a VIP suite at the Prudential Center on Saturday, February. 22, 2020. This was a great way for families…

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Coming Soon NJACE Screening of “The Reason I Jump”

“The Reason I Jump” Jerry Rothwell Jerry Rothwell’s work includes the award-winning feature documentaries How to Change the World, Sour Grapes, Town of Runners, The School in the Cloud, Donor Unknown, Heavy Load, and Deep Water. His films have won numerous accolades, including two Grierson Awards, a Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award, an RTS Award, an IDA Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund grant, and…

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Rutgers researchers determine New Jersey’s autism prevalence rate is 1 in 34

Webinar with Walter Zahorodny Walter Zahorodny, an associate professor of pediatrics at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School who directed the New Jersey portion of the study, called the results “consistent, broad and startling.” He said the analysis shows U.S. autism rates are continuing to rise rather than leveling off as the 2016 CDC report suggested.    …

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Coming Soon NJACE’s Webinar with Steve Silberman

  Coming Soon: NJACE’s Webinar with Steve Silberman Steve Silberman Steve Silberman is a writer and contributing editor for Wired, and the author of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity. He gave a TED Talk on the forgotten history of autism, and in April 2016 spoke before the United Nations on the need for acceptance…

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NIH Resources on Trainee Health and Wellness

  NIH Resources for faculty and program staff on trainee health and wellness   Overview webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2344025056173751566 Taped discussion with mental health experts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJppE17PULM&t=32s   Next week we are hosting small group discussions for training office staff and faculty focused on promoting trainee mental health and wellness. I hope the discussion will help us best support trainees…

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Rutgers Health Announces Launch of Support Line

Rutgers4U Rutgers Health is proud to announce the launch of a new confidential staff, faculty and family support line: Rutgers4U (1-855-652-6819). Our new support line offers emotional and therapeutic support during and following the COVID-19 pandemic to Rutgers staff, faculty members and their families.. Organized by Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC), with the assistance…

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