FCAI Fellow Amber Crabtree Featured on CBS This Morning Alongside FCAI

Posted by Jessica Stasik on Friday, August 1, 2025 in assistive technologies, FCAI News, Inventors and Entrepreneurs, research and development, Self-Advocates and Civil Stakeholders.

We would love to extend our congratulations to Amber Crabtree, PhD Candidate and Neurodiversity Inspired Science and Engineering Fellow at the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation, candidly discussing her experience of autism, sensory issues, her research, and the importance of it on CBS’s This Morning.

This piece also features the Frist Center Director, Keivan Stassun. It discusses the need for continued funding for technologies that support neurodivergent individuals, research that underwent millions of dollars in cuts due to new DEI legislation.

Thanks to the support of a generous donor, Amber can continue her groundbreaking research into a device used to remove frequencies from hearing that are overstimulating. Her research could go on to support countless others with sensory and hearing issues. Watch the piece below, or at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4L6pIaPltM

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