The Fay J. Lindner Center’s research staff actively participates in applied and bench research and shares results with the community and professionals in the autism field. Staff travels internationally to present at conferences in addition to submitting grant proposals and publications in journals. Below is a sample of recent achievements. If you are interested in obtaining a copy please Contact Us.

Most recent research poster presentations:

2010  
Shana Nichols, Ph. D., Clinical Director of the Fay J. Lindner Center for Autism & Developmental Disabilities, will be speaking on March 26th at a special one-day conference at the St. John’s University Oakdale (Suffolk County) Graduate Center.

This conference is sponsored by St. John’s University, New York Association of School Psychologists (NYASP), and Multi-Health Systems.

This workshop is geared towards educators, administrators, school psychologists, clinical psychologists, undergraduate and graduate students.

This is FREE to St. John’s students, Alumni, & Faculty but we would still need you to register.

2008  
White Matter Abnormalities in High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Combined Voxelwise and Tractography Analyses, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Neuroradiology, New Orleans, June 2008, Ashtari, Bregman, Nichols, etal.

Nichols, S. &Tetenbaum, S.P. (2008, July). Growing up with Autism: Developing a Healthy Sexuality Curriculum for Teens and Young Adults. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Autism Society of America, Orlando, FL.

Nichols, S, Moravcik, G., & Ceglia, H. (2008, July).  Girls Growing up on the Autism Spectrum: Addressing Your Daughter’s Unique Learning Needs Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Autism Society of America, Orlando, FL.

Nichols, S., & Byers, S. (2008, May).  Sexual Well-Being of High-Functioning Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders Poster presented at the Annual International Meeting for Autism Research, London, UK.

2007    
Gray Matter Abnormalities in Youth with ASB (High Functioning Autism And Asperger Syndrome) Using a Novel Method of Diffusion Based Morphometry, International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Seattle, WA, May 2007, Ashtari, Bregman, Nichols, et al.

Grants
07-08 Growing Up on the Autism Spectrum: A Parent Education and Skill Building Curriculum Applied Research Grant: Organization for Autism Research PI: Shana Nichols, Ph.D.