Spreading Autism Awareness With Dr. Thomas Frazier Of Autism Speaks
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Gallery Media Group, Hilaria Baldwin & Daphne Oz
3.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
April is Autism Awareness Month and Hilaria and Daphne are joined by Chief Science Office at Autism Speaks, Dr. Thomas Frazier, PhD. He is responsible for the science portfolio, including grant-making, the MSSNG genomic research project and the Autism Treatment Network. As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Frazier has been involved for 11 years in evaluation, treatment and research focused on individuals with autism. Prior to joining Autism Speaks, he was the director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Autism and an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. He is a dad of 2 beautiful children one of which has Autism and intellectual disabilities.
Over the past decade, Dr. Frazier has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and done numerous conference presentations. His research has focused on improving autism identification; developing and studying new treatment approaches; creating and refining measures for tracking autism symptoms and quality of life in individuals and families affected by autism; and translational studies of a genetic sub-group of individuals with autism and phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) mutations.
Autism Speaks is dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughout the life span, for the needs of individuals with autism and their families through advocacy and support; increasing understanding and acceptance of people with autism spectrum disorder; and advancing research into causes and better interventions for autism spectrum disorder and related conditions.
Together, Dr. Frazier, Hilaria and Daphne discuss the signs to be aware of when looking at children who might have autism and things parents can do with their kids to test at home. Plus, raising awareness about autism and the many resources out there to help families with children on the autism spectrum at autismspeaks.org.
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Dr. Frazier: AutismSpeaks.org, Autism Cares Bill, Autism Speaks 100 Days Kit
Daphne: Monti Kids: Montessori program toys designed and safety tested for birth to age 3 and Malibu Non-Dairy Flax Milk
Hilaria: Elmhurst Non-Dairy Oat Milk
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| 0:00.0 | Being a mom is the toughest job there is and it doesn't come with instructions. |
| 0:05.0 | So it's okay if you don't have all the answers. |
| 0:07.7 | We'll figure it out together. |
| 0:09.4 | This is Mombrain with Alaria Baldwin and Daphne Az. Hey guys, welcome back to Mom Brain. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm I'm I'm Alaria and I'm Daphne. |
| 0:20.0 | And today we're talking to Dr Thomas Frazier who is the chief science officer at autism speaks. |
| 0:26.2 | So you guys might know April is autism awareness month so we wanted to do an episode on the |
| 0:30.8 | topic and obviously you know an hour barely scratches the surface on this |
| 0:35.2 | incredible field and the new knowledge that's coming to the surface but we are very |
| 0:40.7 | lucky to be talking with Dr Frazier. |
| 0:43.2 | He has so much to say on the subject, |
| 0:45.5 | and we know you guys are going to love this episode. |
| 0:48.3 | And this is a topic that is very emotional, almost everybody I mean even if we don't have |
| 0:56.4 | someone in our family who has autism and there's a lot of really great |
| 1:00.3 | resources and you know talking to Dr Frazier today I think taught me I don't |
| 1:05.2 | know about you Daphne but taught me about resources out there and and kind of and what you do |
| 1:11.0 | when when this is that's something that comes into your home. |
| 1:14.7 | No it was it was wonderful to hear from him, hear from him as an expert, but hear from him |
| 1:19.7 | as a father first and foremost of a son who struggles with autism and a son who has been able to benefit from both of his parents as it turns out incredible knowledge in this space and incredible passion for early |
| 1:35.6 | intervention which we talk about the kinds of therapies that have really been |
| 1:39.2 | proven to help people deal with their environment, deal with social cues, deal with |
| 1:44.9 | communication, deal with all these different elements of autism, and do it in a |
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