Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Leonard J. Abbeduto, PhD, was one of seven members of the School of Education who was selected to receive a Distinguished Achievement Award, the highest honor the School bestows upon current faculty and staff. Abbeduto and other award recipients will be honored at a private reception on April 22, 2008. Excerpt from citation honoring Abbeduto’s award …
Can we train ourselves to be compassionate? A new study suggests the answer is yes. Cultivating compassion and kindness through meditation affects brain regions that can make a person more empathetic to other peoples' mental states, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Len Abbeduto, Waisman Center Associate Director for Behavioral Sciences and Director of the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (also at the Waisman Center), was recently named the Charles J. Anderson Professor of Education. The professorship is named after the first dean of the School of Education, who served as dean from 1930 to …
Marsha Mailick Seltzer, Vaughan Bascom Professor of Social Work and Pediatrics at UW-Madison, will chair the search committee.
As many parents discover, the minds of young children absorb information like sponges and their brain development seems to occur at incredible speed.
Tad and Matt Martin recently ate what they had never been able to eat before: hamburgers, hot dogs, ice cream and grilled cheese sandwiches, with real cheese and regular bread.
Axel Junker of the Waisman Center’s Community Ties program was recently honored with REM Wisconsin’s 2007 James Grudzynski Memorial Award. REM Wisconsin is the state’s largest provider of residences for individuals with developmental disabilities. The James Grudzynski Memorial Award was created to honor individuals who champion the rights of individuals with developmental disabilities and whose …
This award recognizes distinguished achievement and/or contributions
The building is locked. Most of the windows are dark. But in a small room on the first floor of the Waisman Center, a group of four is gathered around Richard Davidson.
Hallmarks of autism are characteristic behaviors - repetitive motions, problems interacting with others, impaired communication abilities - that occur in widely different combinations and degrees of severity among those who have the condition.
