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La Trobe University
School of Psychological Science

Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre

Initial donors

We gratefully acknowledge the financial contribution of the following people

  • Mrs Olga Tennison
  • Mrs Peg Jones
  • Mr & Mrs Robert Boykett for the Margaret Miller Foundation

Recent donors

We also gratefully acknowledge the financial contribution of the following people

  • The Wantirna Heights School community
  • The Bendigo Branch of the Australian Psychological Society
  • Mrs June Hay
  • Ray Goddard
  • The Hay family, in memory of Charles Ray Hay
  • Eva and Stan Marks

Grants

Grants to support recent research projects are also gratefully acknowledged

  • 2011 La Trobe University Faculty Grant - Early Parent-Child Interaction in the Context of High Genetic Risk for Autism – K. Hudry
  • 2011 - The R E Ross Trust - The Early Diagnostic Clinic for Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • 2011-2013 NHMRC Partnership Grant - Universal surveillance and Early Identification of Developmental Disorders.  V. Eapen, K. Williams, B. Jaludin, C. Dissanayake & S. Woolfenden
  • 2011-2015 NMMRC Project Grant - Prenatal and Early Postnatal Risk Factors in ASD. A.Whitehouse, M. Maybery, C. Dissanayake,  M. Hickey & C. Pennell
  • 2010 NHMRC Equipment Grant.  C. Dissanayake, T. Iacano, & R. Khosla

  • 2010 Speech Pathology Australia Clinical Research Grant - Parents as Partners in Evidence Based Speech Pathology Practice. D.Trembath
  • 2010- 2012 ARC Project Grant - Language processing in children with high-functioning autism: Evidence from eye tracking. E. Bavin, C. Dissanayake, E. Kidd, & M. Prior.
  • 2010 Fulbright Senior Special Program Funding for Professor Sally Rogers to visit Australia.
  • 2010 Department of Human Services - Supporting Transition to and Participation in Tertiary Education for Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder - A. Richdale & C. Dissanayake
  • 2010 Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, and Physiotherapists on Developmental Disability Grant - Practice is Research: The use of single case experimental designs in Clinical Practice - D. Trembath, C. Dissanayake, A. Richdale, T. Iacono & L. Togher
  • 2010 La Trobe eResearch Grant - Supporting the use of single case experimental designs in clinical practice - D. Trembath, C. Dissanayake, A. Richdale, T. Iacono & L. Togher
  • 2010 La Trobe University Faculty Grant - Speech generating devices for non-speaking children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder - C. Dissanayake & D. Trembath
  • 2009 LTU IGS Grant - Upgrade of behaviour coding software and associated hardware - C. Dissanayake
  • 2009 APEX Grant - An evaluation of the "Drama for Every Day Life' program for children and adolescents with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder - A. Richdale & A. Rose

  • 2008 – 2010 Helen McPherson-Smith Trust - Prospective Identification of Autism in Infancy: A Follow-up Study
  • 2008 Nuffield Foundation Grant: The social foundation of pretend play. S.R. Leekam, C. Dissanayake, R.P. Hobson, J. Hobson, & M. Nielsen
  • 2007 La Trobe University Research and Graduate Studies Office Grant: A mixed-longitudinal study of growth patterns in high functioning boys with Autistic Disorder. C. Dissanayake & D.Z. Loesch
  • 2007 La Trobe University Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering Research Grant: Effects of rare CGG copy number variants on the regulation and expression of the FMR1 gene: Implications in understanding developmental changes in Autistic Disorder. C. Dissanayake & D.Z. Loesch
  • 2006 – 2008 Telstra Community Development Fund: Prospective identification of Autism in infancy. C. Dissanayake & L. Ridgway
  • 2005 Apex Trust for Autism and the Autism Council of Australia: A study of infant markers for Autistic Disorder from Maternal and Child Health Records. C. Dissanayake
  • 2005 La Trobe University Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering Research Grant: Testing the hypothesis of connective tissue dysfunction in Autistic Disorder and Asperger's Disorder. C. Dissanayake & D.Z. Loesch
  • 2004 La Trobe University Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering Research Grant: A study of infant markers for Autistic Disorder from Maternal and Child Health Records. C. Dissanayake