Selected Media Coverage

Welcoming a New Leader to the Life Course Outcomes Research Program
SENSE Theatre study finds play participation increases social skills in autistic youth
Autism Speaks awards $148,000 of funding to autistic researchers
D. None of the Above: Reflecting on Donald Triplett, ‘Case 1’ in the autism community
Lerner Elected to Board of Directors of International Society for Autism Research
Stony Brook University Partners With Simons Foundation for Autism Research Initiative
Can you say strengths and deficits at the same time?
Stony Brook University to Help Expand Mental Health Services for Youth
Surveying the Landscape of Autism Intervention Practices Across the U.S.
Stony Brook Joins World's Largest Autism Study
A year later, Stony Brook University LEND trainees reflect on lessons learned
Research Along the Autism Spectrum: Diverse Research to Meet Diverse Needs
Dr. Matthew Lerner on Autism Awareness and Acceptance
‘Theory of mind’ in autism: A research field reborn 
Facilitating Social Connections For & Among Those w/Autism Spectrum Disorders w/ Dr. Matthew Lerner
The Stony Brook Autism Initiative: New Developments & Programs to Support the Community
SCTL Director Matthew Lerner, PhD receives LIFE Outstanding Alumni Award
Autism Science Foundation Announces Two Additional COVID-19 Grants
Autism Science Foundation Podcast - Passing as Non-Autistic 
Autism Science Foundation’s Latest COVID-19 Grants Will Fund Studies Focusing on Telehealth and the Pandemic’s Mental Health Impacts
Study Identifies a Neural Signal that May Help Explain Social-Cognitive Ability in Autism
Study Shows Facial Emotions are Successfully Encoded in Brains of Those with Autism
A Faculty Perspective on How 2020 Will Change Us
Screens, Students, and ASD (Children & Screens)
ASF Day of Learning 2020
Stony Brook University Professor Honored for Contributions to Autism Research
Beyond the bench: A conversation with Matthew Lerner
Stony Brook University’s Social Competence and Treatment Lab Excels with Faster Recruitment, Cost Savings, and Double Recruitment Calls
Seed Funding Supports 17 Projects on Potential Therapies, Impacts of Pandemic
University Funds 17 COVID-Related Research Projects
Meet the autistic scientists redefining autism research
COVID-19 and Support for the Autism Community
Tips for Families Caring for ASD Children During Pandemic Times
SBU’s Tamara Rosen defends PhD with advisor, mom, dad, stepmom
SBU’s Matthew Lerner adjusts autism work amid pandemic
How people with autism forge friendships
Autistic People Make Great Social Partners if You Actually Give Them a Chance
Helping autistic kids cope with the chaos and uncertainty of coronavirus
Psychology Professor Awarded for Upcoming Teenage Autism Study
Psychology Professor Receives Award to Support Research on Autism in Teenagers
2019 JCCAP FDF Award Recipient Erin Kang Address
What the Research is Saying about Hiring Autistic Job Candidates
Autism Science Foundation Podcast - Getting Autistic People to Work
SBU’s Erin Kang studies autism communication patterns
DDI Broadcast: DDI (Eye) on Autism with Hyunsik Kim, Erin Kang, and Matthew Lerner:What is Autism and What does it Mean? Week 2, Part 2 
DDI Broadcast: DDI (Eye) on Autism with Hyunsik Kim, Erin Kang, and Matthew Lerner:What is Autism and What does it Mean? Week 2, Part 1 
DDI Broadcast: DDI (Eye) on Autism with Hyunsik Kim, Erin Kang, and Matthew Lerner:What is Autism and What does it Mean? Week 1, Part 2 
DDI Broadcast: DDI (Eye) on Autism with Hyunsik Kim, Erin Kang, and Matthew Lerner:What is Autism and What does it Mean? Week 1, Part 1 
SBU’s Hyunsik Kim explores new ways to characterize autism symptoms
IS AUTISM REALLY MORE THAN ONE SPECTRUM?
Three spectra, not one, may define autism
Interview w/SCTL Grad student Erin Libsack with Anderson Center for Autism about her research
Autism prevalence program expands to include teenagers
Why So Many Gifted Yet Struggling Students Are Hidden In Plain Sight
What Helps Adults With Autism Get and Keep a Job?
What Helps Adults With Autism Get and Keep a Job?
Hardest part of work for autistic adults is getting a job, survey says
Much International Consensus Regarding Employment in Autism
Autism Science Foundation Announces Recipients of 2018 Predoctoral Fellowships
Ask me first: What self-assessments can tell us about autism
SBU's Lerner uses the theater for autism therapy (also here)
Clip 2: The SENSE Theater Program for Autistic Youth
Clip 1: Does Improv/Theater Help Autism? Prove it!
Can Using Theatrical Techniques Improve Social Skills of Autistic Youths? 
Study Examines Brain Activity and Anxiety Symptoms in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder
  -Coverage by AAAS EurekAlert.
Search For Self leads to a book: SCTL Alum Elliot Keenan Interview with Suffolk County News! 
Rethinking Autism: From Social Awkwardness to Social Creativity
Alan Alda on the Art and Science of Relating and Communication (podcast)
The unexpected plus of parenting with autism
Sex and other foreign words: studying romantic relationships in ASD
DDI Broadcast: DDI (Eye) on Autism with Dr. Matthew Lerner Week 1, Part 1 
DDI Broadcast: DDI (Eye) on Autism with Dr. Matthew Lerner Week 1, Part 2
DDI Broadcast: DDI (Eye) on Autism with Dr. Matthew Lerner Week 2, Part 1
DDI Broadcast: DDI (Eye) on Autism with Dr. Matthew Lerner Week 2, Part 2
Putting the pieces together around group social skills interventions
For autism researchers, mundane moments spark 'Eureka' insights
SBU Professor receives grant for an innovative study on autism spectrum disorders
Dr. Lerner Awarded Prestigious $2.3M BRAINS grant from NIMH
Brainwaves Video Anthology: Autism: Unlocking the Social World
Brainwaves Video Anthology: 60 Seconds with Matthew Lerner
Minds Matter to University Scholar Dhara Doshi '16
CMU Professor uses audio drama to help kids with autism
How Minecraft is helping children with autism make new friends
Study finds maternal obesity, autism link (commentary by Dr. Lerner)
Autism and Sign Language Experts Bring Consortium to Cambridge, Mass.   
Autism Science Foundation Coverage of Recent Work by the SCTL and Colleagues
Matthew Lerner aw​arde​d an Explorer Grant from the Simons Foundation to Pursue Autism Research
Music Department Finds Innovative Ways to Use Sound as Therapy (June 23, 2015)
Unseen Agony: Dismantling Autism's House of Pain (May 21, 2015) *Coverage of SCTL student work*
SCTL's CASL Conference Media Coverage
Science on Tap (Video) Coverage of Dr. Lerner's Research (October 29, 2014)
What Do We Really Know About Autism and Crime?
Stony Brook URECA - Researcher of the Month (June, 2014) *Coverage of SCTL student work*
Autism Speaks Science Digest (February 6, 2014)
WTNH (January 17, 2014)
Hartford Courant (January 17, 2014)
ABC News/NBC/Associated Press (January 17, 2014)
Connecticut News Junkie (January 17, 2014)
Autism Speaks Science Blog (August 24, 2012)
APA Monitor (January 2012)
Harvard Education Letter (January/February 2012)
InBalance (APA Division 53 Newsletter) (Fall 2011)
APS Observer (February 2011)
Salem News (Summer 2010)
Boston Globe (Nov. 2009)
Danvers Herald (May 2009)
Bay State Parent (March 2006)
The Advocate (Summer 2005)