Author: Brittany Dorer

BU Student Volunteers for Special Needs

Dr. Tager-Flusberg recently met with the President of Boston University’s Student Volunteers for Special Needs (SVSN) chapter. One of SVSN’s activities is to host an event called Friday Night Club. Friday Night Club is a made up of a group of SVSN members and other individuals from the BU community. The purpose of Friday Night Club is to […]

CARE presents at the Boston Higashi School

Dr. Tager-Flusberg, the Director of the Center for Autism Research Excellence (CARE) at Boston University, spoke on Monday, January 4th, 2016 at the Boston Higashi School in Randolph, MA. She spoke about some preliminary findings from the three projects under the ACE (Autism Center of Excellence). These included early trends in EEG and MRI data and […]

Raffle Winner Selected!

John and his family have been selected as the winners of our raffle from the 2015 Walk Now for Autism Speaks! Thank you to all of the families that completed our research interest forms at the walk. We loved meeting everyone!

CARE Team at the 2015 Walk Now for Autism Speaks

CARE was happy to be a part of the 2015 Walk Now for Autism Speaks again this year. Check out our Current Research page here to learn more about the projects we are working on right now and head to our Facebook page here to stay connected!

‘Frozen’ Offers Glimpse of Autism in Girls

  Our Director’s, Dr. Helen Tager Flusberg , newest column for The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) discusses how the popular film ‘Frozen’ offers a glimpse of autism in girls:  “Pinning an autism diagnosis on a Disney heroine may seem audacious, but Elsa displays a lot of traits reminiscent of those that clinicians and researchers have highlighted […]

Paper Featured on SFARI’s Website

One of Dr. Tager-Flusberg’s recent papers was featured on SFARI’s website. This paper is related to her work on the Infant Sibling Project. You can see the SFARI Feature or Read the Abstract here!