Endowed Chair Will Enable Rutgers To Research And Help Adults With Autism

NJ's incidence of childhood autism is almost twice the national rate, fueling concerns about a growing population of autistic adults.

Rutgers University -- long a center for research into childhood autism -- could also become a leader in studying the challenges faced by autistic adults.

Two families with children with autism are endowing a faculty position at the New Jersey school that will be dedicated to academic research on adult autism and to training people who will provide services to these adults.

Stanley Messer, dean of the Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, said the new chair will dovetail with ongoing state efforts to treat children with autism with applied behavior analysis -- an intensive approach to modifying behavior – and to help families of adults with autism once they no longer attend school.

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