Led by alice kuo, md, phd, mba
The LCIRN neurodiversity node focuses on developing, implementing, and evaluating innovative approaches to promoting neurodiversity across the lifespan.
Our mission
To advance national research, policy, and practice for neurodiverse individuals across the lifespan with novel approaches that are co-designed with the populations they seek to serve.
ongoing projects/grants
- Developing and evaluating All Brains—a multi-pronged initiative that seeks to promote neurodiversity across college campuses. All Brains includes a peer-mentorship program, a training and education curriculum, and social events;
- Testing the feasibility of an Adulting class to enhance higher education’s capacity to meet the needs of neurodiverse students;
- Providing additional resources and supports for neurodiverse students that are not typically available during the transition to college;
- Leveraging the potential of large-scale higher education datasets to explore neurodiversity across college and university campuses; and
- Incubating a program of research surrounding health promotion in individuals with autism spectrum disorder across the lifespan.
research
- The development of research-based approaches to supporting neurodiverse individuals across lifespan; and
- Published research studies that evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of life course interventions for neurodiverse populations and inform future work in this area.