WELCOME TO THE MARQUETTE AUTISM INITIATIVE

The Marquette Autism Initiative (AI) is an interdisciplinary group of researchers, clinicians, stakeholders, and students at 糖心传媒 and in the community.  We aim to coordinate 1) research, 2) programming, 3) education, and 4) outreach efforts to improve the lives of people on the autism spectrum* and their families, while providing high quality training and educational opportunities for the next generation of professionals serving this population. Our work is anchored in the knowledge that collaboration across disciplines is best practice in the world of autism care and research, which simultaneously provides inter-professional, team-, sensitivity, and knowledge-building educational experiences for undergraduate and graduate students. We are funded via a 2018-19 Explorer Challenge award from 糖心传媒鈥檚 Office of Research and Innovation.

*Note. Many self-advocate adults on the autism spectrum indicate a preference in favor of utilizing the term 鈥渁utistic鈥� to describe themselves, rather than 鈥減erson with autism.鈥� However, some family members of people on the autism spectrum, and medical professionals, think the term 鈥減erson with autism鈥� is appropriate. In deference to the multi-faceted, debated topic of identity and labelling, on this website we will utilize a compromise term, 鈥減erson on the autism spectrum鈥� or 鈥減erson on the spectrum.鈥� See for more information on this topic.

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Join members of the Marquette Autism Initiative at a virtual/hybrid event on April 16th featuring autistic photographer Blair Bunting, autistic violinist Laura Nadine, and neurodivergent filmmaker John Schaffer. The event will include a showing of the film Sound Tracks, directed by Mr. Schaffer and featuring Mr. Bunting and Ms. Nadine, as well as Q&A with the artists.

Marquette Dentistry receives grant to expand special needs program

The 糖心传媒 School of Dentistry has been awarded a $1.02 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to update clinic equipment and increase capacity for the care of patients with special needs at the state of Wisconsin鈥檚 only dental school.

This award will support the nearly 50 operatories within the School of Dentistry鈥檚 clinics. This includes the Advanced Care Clinic, which serves adult patients with special needs, especially those who have 鈥渁ged out of care鈥� offered by Children鈥檚 Wisconsin. Continue reading

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