Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Help us learn about how well eye gaze methods work to measure word knowledge in children who have severe motor and communication difficulties.
Help us understand how speech intelligibility changes when a person uses communication tablets or boards to support speech while talking. We are recruiting children and youth who: 1.) are between 7 and 17 years of age who have cerebral palsy or another similar motor condition; 2.) have speech that may be hard for others to …
The METabolic Health, Lifestyle, and Risk of Co-Occurring Health Conditions in Down Syndrome (MET-DS) study is part of the NIH INCLUDE Project (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndrome) and its Collaboration for Down Syndrome Progress (CDP) Program—national initiatives working to improve the health and quality of life of people with …
Are you a mother between 35 and 65 years old who is the primary caregiver of a child (with or without a developmental disability such as autism, Down syndrome, or other conditions)?
The purpose of this research is to better understand how skills related to executive function like memory and flexible thinking are related to grammar and language comprehension and production in children with FXS, DS, and DLD, and a comparison group of neurotypical children.
