Hashir Khan UMD Sophomore in Pub Health presented the social skills data from 2024 PROMISE summer camp for autistic youth at the UMD Summer Undergraduate Research Conference today! Thank you UMD Office of Undergrad Research for hosting this great event to showcase Hashir’s work!

With UMD’s Institute for Public Leadership Seed Grant’s support Nay & @veronicakang.bsky.social from UMD Special Education & PGCPS Infants & Toddlers Program administrators Megan & Cortney attended Council for Exceptional Children’s Special Ed Legislative Summit to advocate for special education! 👩🏻‍🏫📚

A few days ago, Ariel and Lisa led a group of members of our coalition organizations to meet with several delegates on the Health and Government Operations Committee. They introduced the coalition and discussed the Language Access bill and the DDA budget. What an impactful day!

Last week, these dedicated individuals presented at the 26th International Conference on Autism, Intellectual Disability & Developmental Disabilities in Clearwater Beach, Florida! Congratulations!😊

Check out this new publication from our lab: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Enhanced Milieu Teaching. pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1... Congratulations to Dr. Kang and her team for their outstanding work! 😃🎉

We are ACCEL, a group of students and faculty at the University of Maryland, College Park. We are dedicated to advancing education and early intervention for individuals with autism and developmental delays. Stay tuned for new opportunities and updates about our current projects!