Lessons From Listening to a Typer: Stony Brook Medicine School of Social Welfare Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND) Fellowship Program

• By: Isaiah Tien Grewal Stony Brook Medicine School of Social Welfare LEND Fellowship Program Michelle S. Ballan, PhD School of Social Welfare; LEND Program, Stony Brook University
• July 9th, 2026
• augmentative communication, autism education, autism research inclusion, interdisciplinary training, LEND fellowship, neurodevelopmental disabilities, nonspeaking autistic individuals, self-advocacy, Summer 2026 Issue
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Director's Perspective It was July 2022, and I had just finished my first year as the Director of the Stony Brook University Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (SBU LEND) Program. Invited to present on the Research Panel for the I-ASC Motormorphosis...