Earn CEU’s: Perspectives of Autistic People, Caregivers, and Clinicians on Improving the ABA Service Landscape

Earn CEU’s: Perspectives of Autistic People, Caregivers, and Clinicians on Improving the ABA Service Landscape

Join the Atlanta Autism Consortium (AAC) for our September program exploring how autistic people, caregivers, and ABA clinicians view commonly used autism early intervention strategies—and what their perspectives can teach us about improving community-based ABA services. This hybrid program will be offered in person at Marcus Autism Center and online via Zoom. Tuesday, September 29, 2026 | 6:00–7:30 PM ET Continuing Education…

Appointment of Dr. Susan Brasher as AAC Board of Directors Chair

Appointment of Dr. Susan Brasher as AAC Board of Directors Chair

The Atlanta Autism Consortium announces the appointment of Susan Brasher, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, FAAN as the Chairperson of the Atlanta Autism Consortium Board of Directors, with her tenure beginning in January 2025. Dr. Brasher secedes Dr. Nadrat Nuhu and Dr. Tyler Whitney, who served as the Co-Chairs of the AAC Board for the past two…

Appointment of Dr. Nadi Nuhu and Dr. Tyler Whitney as AAC Board of Directors Co-Chairs

Appointment of Dr. Nadi Nuhu and Dr. Tyler Whitney as AAC Board of Directors Co-Chairs

The Atlanta Autism Consortium announces the appointment of Nadrat Nuhu, PhD, BCBA-D and Tyler Whitney, PsyD, as Co-Chairs of the Atlanta Autism Consortium Board of Directors, with their tenure beginning in January 2023. Dr. Nuhu and Dr. Whitney secede Dr. Celine Saulnier, who served as the Chairperson for the past two years. “I am honored…

“Navigating Social Security Disability: Eligibility, Application and Appeals”

On Tuesday, July 26th from 5:30pm to 7pm, join the Atlanta Autism Consortium for “Navigating Social Security Disability: Eligibility, Application, and Appeals.” Anjel Burgess, expert social security attorney, will share how the Social Security Administration reviews applications for SSI (and how to make sure your application is thorough). She will also explain the process for…

Now Hiring: Communications & Development Associate

The Atlanta Autism Consortium is searching for a Part-Time Communications & Development Associate Job Summary: Reporting to the Executive Director, the Communications & Development Associate will implement digital marketing strategies and support to build the Atlanta Autism Consortium’s visibility, impact, and financial resources. In particular, they will support all marketing, communications and fundraising efforts of…

Appointment of Dr. Celine Saulnier as Chair of the Board

Appointment of Dr. Celine Saulnier as Chair of the Board

The Atlanta Autism Consortium today announced the appointment of Celine Saulnier, PhD as Chair of its Board of Directors. Dr. Saulnier, who joined the Atlanta Autism Consortium board in 2011, succeeds Dr. Gregory Abowd, Atlanta Autism Consortium Founder and Chairman Emeritus, who served as Chairman since the inception of the organization in 2008.

Spectrum: A Story of the Mind: Sensory perception in autism-videos

Exploration of autistic individuals with various sensory approaches, through interview-videos. Link to one review on PBS of this video series: http://www.pbs.org/education/blog/spectrum-a-story-of-the-mind?utm_source=lmnews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mktg_2017&elqTrackId=c155e979492e426997fd3fc5534b24a7&elq=b9dad0ca0c8443a2a3cf224515fe42fa&elqaid=2700&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=1367 Link to the PBS videos: http://www.pbs.org/program/spectrum-story-mind/ A series of educative videos on the topic of sensory perception in autism: “SPECTRUM: A story of the Mind”. This series of short videos explores, from their own point of…

Research survey: Educational Exp. (6-8 y-old)

Parent or Caregiver: participate in an innovative research study called “Educational Experiences of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders” conducted by Christina Simmons under the direction of Dr. Scott Ardoin at the University of Georgia. Study purpose: to identify and describe the reasons parents choose to homeschool children with ASD and explore the educational choices, experiences, concerns,…

Research survey: Employment & Higher Ed

Gathering Perspectives from the Autistic Community about Employment and Higher Education STUDY NOW CLOSED (JAN 2017) Dr. Jennifer Sarrett from Emory University (IRB #00087911) is conducting a study aimed at developing strategies for creating autism-friendly, neurodiverse workplaces and institutes of higher education. If you identify as being autistic, live in the United States, and are…

Genetic research & autism in ATL

Emory Autism Center SPARKing Research The Emory Autism Center has been selected, among 20 other leading national research institutions, to launch the Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge, or SPARK, a research initiative intended to become the largest autism study ever undertaken in the United States. SPARK will be sponsored by the Simons Foundation…

End of the year $$ CHALLENGE

Please consider giving today and BEFORE the end of the year as we have a Financial CHALLENGE going on! An anonymous donor has agreed to match all donations up to a total of $10,000. If you donate today or soon, you can effectively double your contribution! We have already collected $5100 towards this goal, so we…

Today is GivingTuesday!

It is a day to support your favorite organizations so that they can continue to do good work for you and the community! The Atlanta Autism Consortium has been in existence since 2008 and over that time, we have survived on a bare bones budget. We don’t need a lot of funds to carry out…

Autism Awareness 2015: Young Leader Travel Award Competition

Interested in wining a $250 scholarship to attend the 2015 Autism Conference & Exposition of Georgia, in Macon, April 29-30? Submit your resume and a 300-word statement to Dr. Goursaud at agoursa@emory.edu.   For more details on the Travel Award Competition please click HERE. Application deadline: April 1st, 2015. CONTACT: Anne-Pierre Goursaud at agoursa@emory.edu

ITASD 2014 conference in Paris

In September 2014, the second Innovative Technologies for ASD conference was hosted in Paris, France. This conference has been sponsored by the Orange Foundation and Autism Speaks and attempts to connect researchers who develop and evaluate technologies to educators, clinicians and families dealing with autism. This year’s conference had additional sponsorship from the Adapta Foundation…