LEND Boston

11/16/2025

"Alice Wong was a hysterical friend, writer, activist, and disability justice luminary whose influence was outsized," wrote Ho. "Her media empire, the Disability Visibility Project, left an indelible mark on the cultural landscape of our country. The legacy of her work will carry on."

The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.

10/18/2025

Our LEND fellows had a special afternoon session on Chinese Literati Painting with Ruiying Xiong, founder of ArtEats—a Harvard Innovation Labs and MIT Sandbox–incubated social impact venture that uses food × art to create inclusive, multisensory learning for neurodiverse learners. An HGSE alum, Ruiying designs programs that support engagement, emotional regulation, and culturally grounded learning. Ruiying was joined by her partner, Chetan Mehta, ArtEats’ operations and facilitation lead—a technology consultant and avid foodie who supports accessibility, safety, and logistics, and co-facilitated our hands-on session.

09/29/2025

What a special treat we had on Friday! William E. Kiernan joined our fellows to discuss and provide a lesson on leadership. Bill is the retired Founding Dean of the School of Global Inclusion and Social Development and also served as the Director of the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI), a University Center on Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCED) from January 1990 thru 2017.

09/27/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Jason Fogler on being named President-Elect of the Society for Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics on September 21! He will be the fifth psychologist to hold the office in the Society’s now 43 year history. Dr. Fogler will have the opportunity to learn from current President Robert Voight, MD (Ochsner Children’s Hospital) and Past President (and Chief of Developmental Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital) William Barbaresi, MD before taking office in fall 2026.

09/23/2025

Brazelton Touchpoints has a wonderful free webinar series called "Parenting While Rising to Child Developmental Challenges" with Dr. Jayne Singer. Our Training Director, Angela Lombardo, and her son, Isaiah, will be featured in next week's episode. Information below:

Episode 1: Presuming Competence and Challenging Assumptions
September 29, 2025, 3 – 4 PM ET

https://www.brazeltontouchpoints.org/family-talk/child-developmental-challenges/?fbclid=IwY2xjawM__mZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFSaklnRXhMc0Q1VmpuM2VmAR43QzwQcgPLtyYzvPTibOqPaxdFvyDs35H3ZXV2RK9BBmluDh4ZIhfJrXQopw_aem_og6_ifeAGVrseC3XYnDUjA

09/20/2025

Dr. Fogler shared: It's so much fun to reconnect with old and new friends, mentees, and colleagues to present a workshop (inclusive of some fun and funny role play — note the backwards baseball cap!) on Delivering Brief Behavior Management Training Strategies to Caregivers in Clinic at the Society for Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics annual meeting in beautiful San Diego!

09/19/2025

LEND faculty, Gyasi Burks Abbott, enjoyed an Evening of Poetry and Music at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts in support of the ARC of MA. This is a great picture of Poet Betsy Johnson, Gyasi, 2025 MA Poet Laureate, Regie Gibson, and Maura Sullivan, Executive Director of the ARC.

09/05/2025

What a special treat! Faculty and fellows attended a special tour of the Gateway Arts Center. We had a lovely time seeing their new location, meeting and interacting with the artists, and viewing all their amazing artwork and goods for sale in their store. The perfect adventure for the fellows' first day with us!

https://gatewayarts.org

09/05/2025

Welcome LEND 2025-2026 fellows!

08/28/2025

Being Heumann is still the assigned summer reading each year for incoming LEND fellows!

The project, slated to open in fall 2027, will bear the name of the woman who helped advocate for, develop and implement the nation's bedrock accessibility laws.

07/31/2025

The staff at Run the Gamut are thrilled to invivte you to their Launch & Open House Event!
This special evening is their opportunity to bring together educators, providers, advocates, and community partners to explore their newly completed space, connect with one another, and learn more about RTG’s mission to support young adults with autism in building independence, job skills, and confidence.

Date & Time: Thursday, September 18th, 5PM-8PM
Location: 930 Commonwealth Ave, Boston MA 02215

Please take a moment to RSVP using the link below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7JIXoToZ5xgyizKXo###8uc6a_MyWlaKjHw372urhyCT4mw/viewform?usp=header

07/28/2025

**Alumni Spotlight**

We are excited to share some of the incredible work of one of our recent alumni:
Heather Satterwhite MLT (ASCP)!

Heather’s recent work involves contributing to the Empower to Employment (E2E) curriculum for job coaches, employers, and family members supporting autistic individuals and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the workplace:
https://med.stanford.edu/neurodiversity/NaW/E2E.html

Heather also recently joined Dr. Fung’s research team at the Center for Sleep in Autism Spectrum Disorder (CSASD) helping to develop sleep toolkits:
https://med.stanford.edu/csasd/education.html

Congratulations Heather on these amazing accomplishments!
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