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
- 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
