Expert Insights
Members of our staff are ready to speak to the media on numerous topics, including:
- Autism statistics
- Autism treatments and adult services
- Insurance and Medicaid
- Disability rights
- Special education services
- State legislation
- Autism-friendly healthcare and law enforcement
- Caregiving and family systems
Looking for a family perspective? Autism New Jersey can connect you with New Jersey families willing to share their experiences.
Media Contact
Communications Director
Stacie Sherman, MS
Stacie Sherman is the Director of Communications at Autism New Jersey. She provides guidance on the organization’s messaging while sharing powerful stories about autism families, providers, programs and services. Stacie joined the organization in October 2025 after a three-decade career as a news reporter and editor. Reach Stacie directly at ssherman@autismnj.org.
Read Stacie's personal story about her son's journey. And then share your own!
Journalists can also email media@autismnj.org to request an interview with one of our experts and to receive timely answers for your piece. Please include your name, outlet and deadline.
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Featured Media Mentions
- Families closer to health coverage for adult kids with disabilities | NJ Spotlight News | February 19, 2026
- Autism Awareness Fundraiser Draws Record Turnout | BreakingAC.com | February 14, 2026
- Governor Murphy Signs Landmark Legislation to Strengthen Protections, Oversight, and Accountability for Providers Serving Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities | InsiderNJ | January 19, 2026
- How Autism New Jersey is helping neurodiverse community connect | BINJE | November 19, 2025
- In NJ, people with disabilities face indignity, missed diagnoses, barriers to health care | NorthJersey.com | November 7, 2025
- Beyond the ramp: These New Jersey clinics are redefining disability access in health care | NorthJersey.com | November 7, 2025
- Trump’s Tylenol warnings rile NJ families, advocates — and the drug maker | NJ Spotlight News | September 26, 2025
- NJ autism community disputes Trump claims, but still glad to be 'heard for the first time' | NorthJersey.com | September 24, 2025
- Experts help frantic families after president links Tylenol use in pregnancy to autism | ABC 7 Eyewitness News | September 23, 2025
- Op-Ed: New Princeton study marks a breakthrough in autism research | NJ Spotlight News | August 6, 2025
- Young kids with and without disabilities can learn side by side. One state has instead kept them apart for years | Hechinger Report | June 5, 2025
- Best steps for NJ families who are extra worried about autism support services | NJ 101.5 | May 12, 2025
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