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The mission of the NJACE is to keep the community informed on current practices and new transformative research, to shift the paradigm from a deficit model to one which enables the person and family to be supported and empowered through innovation in interdisciplinary research, technology, education, and clinical care which centers autistic perspectives and disability justice, and to make NJ a national leader in these endeavors. Join our mailing list to keep up-to-date with our center https://tinyurl.com/njace-contact


This site includes a diversity of views. These views do not necessarily reflect the views of the NJACE or our partners, the Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatments in Autism, the New Jersey Department of Health, and Children's Specialized Hospital. Inclusion of commentary and opinions on this site does not mean endorsement by any or all of these parties of methodologies and/or treatments discussed on the site.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9EtyZ9YEisOur work on objective pain biometrics led by Dr. Mona Elsayed and linking pai...
02/21/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9EtyZ9YEis

Our work on objective pain biometrics led by Dr. Mona Elsayed and linking pain to autism.

These research papers explore how wearable sensors and digital biometrics can objectively identify internal states of pain and distress by analyzing the huma...

https://youtu.be/otJ9PnzjQKw?si=AYfN_TS0MuogoejROur PNAS Nexus paper translated by AI Notebook LM in layman's terms. Wit...
02/20/2026

https://youtu.be/otJ9PnzjQKw?si=AYfN_TS0MuogoejR

Our PNAS Nexus paper translated by AI Notebook LM in layman's terms. With very little effort and cost we could turn this solution into a neurodevelopmental tracker.

This research introduces a novel digital biomarker for the early identification of autism spectrum disorders by analyzing routine auditory brainstem response...

Congratulations to our team work for "Our Lab in a Box" concept bringing our research to the comfort of your home. Paper...
10/01/2025

Congratulations to our team work for "Our Lab in a Box" concept bringing our research to the comfort of your home. Paper out of the press today!

Background: There is an emerging need for new scalable behavioral assays, i.e., assays that are feasible to administer from the comfort of the person’s home, with ease and at higher frequency than clinical visits or visits to laboratory settings can afford us today. This need poses several challen...

These need to be seen in three dimensions but here is the 2D projection of them - by Gyula Kosice. It blew my mind away
10/20/2024

These need to be seen in three dimensions but here is the 2D projection of them - by Gyula Kosice. It blew my mind away

Just back from Buenos Aires where I gave the presentation that I will give on Tuesday, in Spanish. I spoke to both clini...
10/20/2024

Just back from Buenos Aires where I gave the presentation that I will give on Tuesday, in Spanish. I spoke to both clinicians and basic science folks and they loved it! We had an amazing time and deep intellectual discussions

I am giving a live webinar presentation on a different view of autism and neurodevelopment, with Q&A at the Frontiers in...
10/04/2024

I am giving a live webinar presentation on a different view of autism and neurodevelopment, with Q&A at the Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience Journal which is part of the Frontiers Journals Open Access platform.

If you are interested in attending you can sign up for it using the link below. It is free but registration is necessary to have live access

This is on:

Tue, Oct 22
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

My new book came out https://www.amazon.com/Autism-Autonomy-Search-Human-Dignity/dp/012818809X It was a lot of fun to wr...
10/02/2024

My new book came out https://www.amazon.com/Autism-Autonomy-Search-Human-Dignity/dp/012818809X It was a lot of fun to write it and feature research from the lab. Many thanks to our lab members (current and past) for their contribution to this body of work and to the families and clinicians that have been there with us. many thanks to Hannah Grace Varkey for her help with the cover which bears deep meaning and came out so beautiful!

Autism Autonomy: In Search of Our Human Dignity

My new book Autism Autonomy is out
10/02/2024

My new book Autism Autonomy is out

Autism Autonomy: In Search of Our Human Dignity

Honoring the life of Steve Silberman, who contributed to our understanding of autism and helped change the path of resea...
09/06/2024

Honoring the life of Steve Silberman, who contributed to our understanding of autism and helped change the path of research and practices. He passed away at the age of 66 on Aug. 29 at his home in San Francisco.

Why is Autism history important and how has this turbulent history had an impact on our current understanding? Award-winning science writer Steve Silberman j...

50,300+ hits of our special topic!
07/18/2024

50,300+ hits of our special topic!

Special Issue in journal Journal of Personalized Medicine: Precision Medicine in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Personalized Characterization of Autism from Molecules to Behavior

Self-discovering volitional control
06/20/2024

Self-discovering volitional control

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The mission of the New Jersey Autism Center of Excellence (NJACE) is to keep the community informed on current practices and new transformative research, to shift the paradigm from a deficit model to one which enables the person and family to be supported and empowered through innovation in interdisciplinary research, technology, education, and clinical care which centers autistic perspectives and disability justice, and to make NJ a national leader in these endeavors. The NJACE is partially funded by a grant from the NJ Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism to Rutgers University in collaboration with Children’s Specialized Hospital.