Nancy Brady, Ph.D. | Lifespan Institute

Nancy C. Brady, Ph.D.

Nancy Brady studies the development of communication and language in young children and in individuals with developmental disabilities and autism. Her research has focused on describing development of gestures and prespeech vocalizations, beginning augmentative communication use, and negotiations of conversational breakdowns.

Investigator, Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, Child Language Doctoral Program,

Professor and Chair,

Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences & Disorders

Ph.D., Developmental Child Psychology, University of Kansas, 1993

M.A., Communications Disorders, University of Minnesota, 1984

B.A., Speech & Hearing Science, University of California, 1980

Contact Information

Address

1000 Sunnyside Ave
3008 Dole Human Development Center
Lawrence, KS 66045

Email:

Phone:

785-864-0762

Fax:

785-864-5323

Research Interests

Prelinguistic communication

Communication interventions for children with developmental disabilities

Augmentative communication

Communication development in children with autism, fragile X syndrome and deaf-blindness

Professional Service

Nancy Brady is past Chairperson for the National Joint Committee on Communication needs for Persons with Severe Disabilities; an associate editor for the American Journal of Speech Language Pathology and an advisory board member for Community Living Opportunities.

Honors

Fellow of the American Speech Language Hearing Association

Chairperson: National Joint Committee for the Communication Needs of
Persons with Severe Disabilites

Associate Editor American Journal of Speech Language Pathology 2000-2003

Associate Editor, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
2006-present

Projects

Measuring Early Communication Development in Children with ASD (Principal Investigator)

The Effects of Parenting on the Development and Behavior of FXS Adolescents (Co-Principal Investigator)

News

KU Life Span Institute to Host Conference on Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities ( 03/31/2021 )

Very Responsive Moms Can Have Big Impact on Fragile X Kids’ Development ( 06/01/2017 )

University Scholarly Achievement Award (video) ( 04/10/2017 )

Measuring the communication of those with little or no speech ( 03/07/2017 )

The Power of Parenting ( 03/01/2017 )

Parenting significantly affects development of children with Fragile X syndrome ( 02/14/2017 )

KU intellectual disabilities research center wins $5.40 million grant ( 09/27/2016 )

Trip to CASP teaches Third World wisdom to KU students ( 07/01/2016 )

Researchers awarded $2.4M NIH grant to study leading genetic cause of autism ( 06/08/2016 )

The power of parenting and a Fragile X ( 06/01/2016 )

Can an iPad app help preschoolers with autism talk and play with their classmates? ( 06/01/2013 )

Measure the communication ability of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who have no or limited speech ( 06/01/2013 )

The power of mom ( 06/01/2009 )

Meaningful gestures: Helping children with deaf-blindness ( 06/01/2008 )

National collaborations target inherited disorder ( 06/01/2004 )

First things first: building communication with children who have deaf-blindness ( 06/01/2004 )