Continuing a Legacy of Autism Advocacy Through Community Partnerships APEX Entertainment®, New England’s largest indoor family entertainment center, has once again teamed up with The New England Center for Children (NECC) to support children with autism. This football season, every time New England rookie kicker Andy Borregales makes a field goal, APEX will donate $100 […]
This summer, NECC received a donation of flatware from ANNOVA, serving as a powerful reminder that meaningful support comes in many forms. When an NECC staff member reached out to the company in urgent need of new forks after noticing the students tended to throw them away, he didn’t expect a response quite like the […]
Bill Ahearn, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA, Director of Research July of 2023, the Research Newsletter covered prevalence estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC; Maenner et al., 2023) from its Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring network (ADDM) project. Autism prevalence was estimated to have increased to 1 in 36 children at the age […]
On June 24, WHDH Channel 7 in Boston aired a “7 Investigates” feature about NECC’s Early Markers of Autism Project. The piece focused on the Ostrowsky family, whose 10-year-old daughter Colby attends NECC’s day school program. When the Ostrowskys welcomed their second child, Camden, they knew there was a one in five chance he would […]
What Causes Autism in Individuals? by Bill Ahearn, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA Director of Research, NECC Despite the ardent beliefs of many people that autism has a solely environmental cause such as vaccines, it has long been known that there is strong scientific evidence that autism has genetic origins. Early studies of twins suggested this may […]
Across two weeks, NECC parent Mike McKenna drove from Los Angeles to Jupiter Beach, FL, meeting with autism advocates, supporters, and NECC staff alumni along the way. He also raised more than $86,000. McKenna’s drive uncovered heartwarming stories and hard truths about autism such as limited resources, awareness, and staffing.
Julia Touhey, MS, BCBA, LABA is a teacher in the day school at The New England Center for Children® (NECC®). While earning her master’s in applied behavior analysis, Touhey conducted research into reducing stereotypy in children with autism. NECC Director of Research, Bill Ahearn, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA advised on the project. Learn more about this […]
The New England Center for Children is proud to present the Winter 2021 edition of Research. This edition of the newsletter features articles from editors Bill Ahearn, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA and Eileen Roscoe, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA, as well as spotlights on different individuals who have conducted research at NECC. To learn more about NECC’s research, […]
On February 12, NECC Founder and CEO, Vincent Strully, Jr. was featured in the The Boston Globe’s Letters to the Editor section. In his letter, Strully lauded Governor Charlie Baker and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for enabling congregate-care facilities to receive the COVID-19 vaccine quickly.