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Autism Speaks and Core77 Magazine name winners of 'Autism Connects' design challenge
Date:5/5/2011

usly, applied diligence to their design responses, and demonstrated the unique power of design to re-imagine possibilities. We are proud to have produced this competition, and are extremely grateful to our community of designers for their passion and commitment."

These top juried student innovators will travel to the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) in San Diego May 12-14 to attend sessions with over 1900 scientists and autism advocates from countries around the world, and present their design concepts at the annual IMFAR Technology Demonstration session sponsored by Autism Speaks. These top three prizes were selected from a field of 126 submissions in this first-ever "Autism Connects" competition, selected by a panel of judges including renowned advocates and authors Temple Grandin and John Elder Robison; Yves Bhar, the founder of the San Francisco and New York-based integrated design agency fuseproject; Lisa Strausfeld, partner in Pentagram, the distinguished international design consultancy; Richard Seymour, co-founder of internationally renowned design and innovation company Seymourpowell; developmental and clinical psychologist Peter Mundy, Ph.D.; the nationally recognized entrepreneur Dan Feshbach; Dr. Peter Gerhardt, Director of Education - Upper School for the McCarton School in New York City; Autism Speaks Vice President of Scientific Affairs Andy Shih, Ph.D., and Professor in the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology and Special Education, and Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration in Autism (CIRCA) at the University of British Columbia, Pat Mirenda.

Autism Connects judge Temple Grandin reflected on how she personally could have benefited from technology, "Technology can be very useful. iPads and other tablet computers would be easy for people with autism to type on and are affordable and portable. It would have been very useful for me to have a program where I could look a
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