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Autistic individuals are disproportionately under-represented in post-secondary institutions, with only 35% of students with autism pursuing post-secondary education.

Background: Transition from the pediatric to adult health care system is a multi-faceted process that should include medical and psychosocial considerations.

Autism is one of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders in Canada. It has a profound impact on the health, wellness and socioeconomic wellbeing of the patients and their families.

Thousands of Canadian children living with severe physical disability are intellectually capable but unable to move independently.

Family caregivers of people with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs) often experience stress and mental health difficulties (e.g., anxiety, depression)

The demonstration that mature somatic cells can be converted to new, heterologous cell types, now termed “cellular reprogramming”, led to the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and sparked an explosion of studies investigating the therapeutic potential of such an approach.

Aberrant tRNA processing and function has the capacity to exacerbate misfolding of ALS-associated proteins and the ensuing toxicity.

The lifetime risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is approximately 1 in 350 for men and 1 in 440 for women, making it the most common adult-onset motor neuron disease.

Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is well recognized for its neuroprotective functions, via activation of its high affinity receptor, tropomysin related kinase B (TrkB).

TDP-43 (transactive response DNA-binding protein 43) is one of the few genes highly associated with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).