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MECHA supports Nickan Scientific on autism awareness and early neurodevelopmental outreach for families we already serve in Mercer County.

  • 1 in 6

    U.S. children with a developmental disability

  • 1 in 31

    8-year-olds identified with autism (CDC 2022)

  • 1 in 29

    New Jersey 8-year-olds identified with autism

  • 47 mo.

    Median age of first autism diagnosis — too late for ages 0–5

Autism identified at age 8

Per 1,000 children · CDC ADDM, 16 U.S. sites, 2022

  • White27.7
  • All children32.2
  • Hispanic33
  • Black36.6
Intellectual disability among children already identified with autism

Percent · CDC ADDM 2022. Higher shares often mean later, harder identification.

  • White32.7
  • Hispanic38.8
  • Black52.8

Why this sits at MECHA

Since 1985 we have taught English, prepared neighbors for citizenship, and advocated for Latino and underserved families in Mercer County. Self-sufficiency includes health. Families we already know still wait too long for a safe look at a young child’s developing brain. MRI and EEG often fail children ages 0–5 — sedation, fear, cost. Many never get the scan. MECHA’s role is access, outreach, and trust. We do not manufacture the device. We do not practice medicine on this site.

Hispanic children are being identified later — and more often with harder needs. MECHA’s goal is earlier monitoring.

CDC’s 2022 ADDM Network found autism in 33.0 of every 1,000 Hispanic 8-year-olds — about 1 in 30. Among those children, 38.8% also had intellectual disability, higher than White children (32.7%). Median first diagnosis is still 47 months. Families in our classrooms feel that wait. Nickan Scientific develops QuietScan. MECHA’s part is education and access, not the device.

QuietScan, next door

QuietScan is a wearable focused-ultrasound monitoring system for children ages 0–5, developed by Nickan Scientific and Innovations LLC. The concept is a five-minute session. No sedation. The child sits on a parent’s lap. It is meant to map active and quieter zones — insight for families and clinicians, not a treatment and not a diagnosis.

MECHA’s health goal

MECHA’s part is community education and a trusted door to families in Mercer County. Any future research or pilot would proceed only under appropriate institutional review. Nickan Scientific develops QuietScan. MECHA does not.

MECHA’s role

We will bring early developmental screening into our community education and parent workshops, in Spanish and English. We will help reach families we already know for any future research or pilot, under appropriate institutional review. We do not manufacture the device. We do not practice medicine.

The same building

MECHA: 231 Bakers Basin Road, Unit 5, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. Nickan Scientific: Unit 5-1, same building. Not a distant vendor. A neighbor.

What this partnership is, and what it is not.

QuietScan is an investigational project of Nickan Scientific. MECHA’s part is community education and help reaching families, under appropriate review. It is not a product we sell, and it is not medical care.

QuietScan is investigational. Not available for sale. Not FDA cleared. Not a treatment. Not a diagnosis. MECHA does not sell devices and does not provide clinical care on this website.

Sources: CDC ADDM / MMWR 2025 · HHS OMH

QuietScan at nickan.aiPartner with MECHA