This #AutismAcceptanceMonth, we want to highlight all of the wonderful resources that are always available on our website: reaact.pitt.edu/resources

It’s autism acceptance month! Autistic people have fundamentally improved my life both personally and professionally in countless ways! I’m so grateful to work with, have friends, and connect with family in this community!

At the Gatlinburg Conference all week in San Diego! ☀️ I'm excited to connect with colleagues, attend my husband's panels, and support several of my lab members in presenting their research!

Join our #SRS25 symposium tmrw 2 PM EST: "Leveraging Qualitative Methods to Advance Suicide Prevention in Under-Researched Communities" + featuring some work I'm honored to collaborate on! Spencer Xin Chen Juno Pinder Jessica Schwartzman Brooke Ammerman, Ph.D. @ KathrynFox @ MeganMcDaniel

Looking forward to attending and presenting at #INSAR2025 in Seattle this week! Happy to be with fellow autism researchers amidst an incredibly challenging time in science and autism research in the U.S.

Looking forward to presenting tomorrow as a panelist at the #INSAR2025 Community Conference! “Taking Care of Each Other – Creating Systems of Care” tomorrow from 12-4:30pm at the Seattle Convention Center! Open to all! Link to event: ihdd.org/2025/03/24/ins…

I’m sharing some of our work with autistic teens at #INSAR20205 today from 12:30-1:30pm! 418.047 - Disclosure of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors and Self-Harm in Autistic Adolescents from Adolescent and Parent Perspectives: A Mixed-Methods Investigation Swing by & say hi! 👋

My lab received a new grant from the Southern California Center for Latino Health! 🎉 "Community-guided depression & anxiety treatment for Latino youth with intellectual & developmental disabilities" Excited to get started on this work, and more to come!

Question for CBT providers and/or researchers: Do you have a brief, free, and publicly available measure of clinicians' knowledge of CBT? I'm looking for a quick way to gauge a clinician's knowledge of standard CBT for some of our ongoing work. Thank you!

🎉 New paper! The protocol for my K23 study on reward responsivity, depression, & broader mental health in autistic teens is published! An ongoing 5-yr project with collaborators at USC, CHLA, & Vandy. Stay tuned for updates on our work! Link to paper: rdcu.be/epC81

Sharing fun updates from my K23 study on mental health in autistic teens! Recently, we started one-year follow-up visits & created this infographic for our families. We're still recruiting teens (14-17 y.o.) with confirmed or suspected autism in LA! Call/text 323-207-5910

Medicaid is a lifeline for so many of our patients and families. It covers infants, children, and adolescents in every city, county, state, from every background. This federal-state partnership is the backbone of children's health care coverage in America. Cuts to Medicaid

🎉👏My NIH Loan Repayment award was renewed today! Breathing a sigh of relief. Really grateful for this program This account is no longer active. and its incredible help in covering my loans! Highly recommend applying for this award and I’m happy to chat with anyone who has questions.

📣 Autistic adult volunteers needed for a brief online anonymous research study! This dissertation project is led by a new doctoral student in our lab this year, Lauren Bacchus, and she's hoping to recruit participants! Flyer below with info and reposts appreciated!

🆘 Autistic adolescents & young adults needed for a new study! We aim to study the experiences of autistic & gender diverse young people through online surveys and interviews. Study flyer below and link to register! Link: udenver.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bp… Please RT to spread the word!