February 20, 2026

Matthew Lerner, PhD, an associate professor at the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, was mentioned in Feb. 20 Playbill and Broadway World articles about recent funding from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Miranda Family Fund to publicly launch the Socio-Dramatic Affective Relational Intervention program, an improv-based theater program for autistic youth.

Link to story (Playbill)

Link to story (Broadway World)