Foundation Q1 Update

One in five children around the world have a neurodiverse diagnosis–defined by some form of learning deficit.

Based on Dr. Therese Rowley's long-standing work with families as well as other emerging neurological research, we now know these children have been misunderstood, misdiagnosed, and underserved. Current pathological lenses leave these children suffering with low self-esteem, limited pathways for progress and without promise of the support they need to thrive. Exhausted parents struggle as they try to understand their children’s diagnosis and piece together disparate resources. Teachers feel pressured to fit these children into outdated definitions of normalcy.

These children are not short of intelligence; rather, conventional systems fall short in their capacity to recognize and measure their unique genius. These children are not broken; they are the next generation of leaders waiting to be seen, heard, and nurtured.

The MSI Discovery Labs is pioneering research that brings scientific validation to what many families already know in their hearts: that these children possess extraordinary perception, insight, and potential. By offering neurologically informed pathways that reflect their true capacities, we empower educators, parents, and caregivers to support them in becoming confident, purpose-driven contributors to a world that sorely needs them

A New Framework

For over twenty years, Dr. Rowley has worked with parents whose children have been diagnosed with a learning disorder or a pathology. Across thousands of cases, she saw consistent patterns that existing scientific frameworks could not explain—children processing information across multiple sensory and intuitive channels simultaneously. They did not match deficit, architecture.based labels like ADHD, autism or hypersensitivity. They pointed to a broader perceptual

This led Dr. Rowley to define a new construct: MultiSensory Intelligence™ (MSI)—a framework that reframes neurodiversity as an expanded form of human intelligence with biological, cognitive, and developmental signatures. To share this with families seeking to move from the question: “what’s wrong with my child?” to “What’s possible?”, she developed two initiatives that support the MSI framework:

Parent Engagement & Education Platform

The Wonder Children and Parent Community is a real-world application ecosystem where parents engage through the lens of their children’s intelligence, receiving support with curated experts, training, educator tools, community learning, and early implementation pathways that translate research into meaningful, everyday impact for families.

Learn more about The Wonder Children

Neuroscience-Based Research Lab

The MSI Discovery Labs and Foundation advances a new scientific frontier in human perception and potential. Through research in neuroscience, developmental psychology, and integrative psychiatry, the Labs explore MultiSensory Intelligence™ (MSI) to expand public understanding of perceptual intelligence as an emerging field of study. The following offers more information about this new Foundation:

Advancing a New Scientific Frontier in Human Perception & Human Potential

The Opportunity

The Secretary of the State of Illinois has received MSI Discovery Labs & Foundation’s 501c3 application. We seek your Fiscal Sponsorship to support us in receiving donations between now and when we receive the 501c3 letter of designation.

The MultiSensory Intelligence™ (MSI) Discovery Labs & Foundation, is a non-profit research initiative dedicated to building the scientific foundation for expanded human perceptual intelligence.

Our mission is to develop a measurable, biologically informed framework for children whose perceptual abilities fall outside traditional neurodevelopmental definitions.

The Problem We Must Solve

More than 440 million children worldwide carry neurodiverse labels—ADHD, autism spectrum, sensory sensitivities, or “highly sensitive.”

Youth anxiety, depression, and suicide rates continue to rise, with suicide as the second leading cause of death for children between the ages of 10-24 years old.

Scientific leaders have been clear about the limitations of current diagnostic systems:

• Thomas Insel, MD, neuroscientist, psychiatrist, former NIMH Director: the DSM lacks biological validity.

• Daniel Amen, MD, a neuroimaging expert and founder of Amen Clinics: behavioral labels do not reliably map onto brain function.

• Dr. Steven Rondeau, ND, BCN-EEG, Founder, EEGDataHub.com and Axon EEG

Solutions: Brain biomarkers create a diagnostic accuracy absent in DSM behavioral diagnoses

Families, clinicians, and education systems urgently need a scientifically grounded alternative.

 

Our Response: MultiSensory Intelligence™

Over three decades and tens of thousands of intuitive readings, Dr. Therese Rowley observed a consistent pattern: children processing information across multiple sensory, intuitive, and perceptual channels simultaneously.

Existing behavioral frameworks could not explain what she was seeing. This led to the development of MultiSensory Intelligence™ (MSI)—a conceptual model describing expanded perceptual architecture with potential biological, cognitive, and developmental signatures.

The MSI Discovery Labs & Foundation exist to move this framework into rigorous scientific study.

MSI Discovery Labs & Foundation

Expanding the Science of Human Intelligence

The Foundation is being established to:

• Conduct neuroscience, developmental psychology, and integrative psychiatry research on MSI.

• Develop measurement protocols, biomarker frameworks, and scientific tools to study expanded perception.

• Deploy mobile research kits and engage neuroscience residents for cross-cultural data collection.

• Produce peer-reviewed publications, curricula, and public-facing education materials.

• Advance public understanding of expanded perceptual intelligence as an emergent field of study.

  
  

All research and outputs are for public benefit, not commercial use.

Community Insight 

• The Foundation may receive anonymous, voluntary observational data from families engaging with MSI concepts.This input helps shape research questions while maintaining its mission as a strict nonprofit and public-benefit entity.

• The Foundation does not direct resources to any commercial organization.

Scientific Leadership

MSI Discovery Labs is led by:

• Steven Rondeau, ND, BCN-EEG, Founder, EEGDataHub.com

• Martin Krsak, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

• Therese Rowley, Ph.D., MBA, founder of the MSI framework

  
  

A peer-reviewed medical-journal article introducing MSI is scheduled for publication in early 2026.

Next Steps

The Foundation is working to launch its initial research phase, including:

• Formation of core scientific operations

• Early MSI studies beginning in 2026

• Development of measurement tools and research kits

• Publication pathways and curriculum development

• Infrastructure for phase-one data collection

Why Support MSI Discovery Labs

For philanthropic foundations, families, institutions, and mission-aligned donors, MSI Discovery Labs offers:

• Category-defining scientific frontier

• Rigorously designed public-benefit research initiative

• Leadership spanning neuroscience, human development, and intuitive perception

• Structured, scalable strategy for advancing scientific understanding of human intelligence

• Rare opportunity to support foundational research at its inception

Contact: Therese Rowley, Ph.D. at multisensorychildren@gmail.com 

The MSI Discovery Labs & Foundation provides the rigorous research pathway needed to validate and expand this understanding for the public good.

We are at the threshold of transforming how science understands human perception, cognition, and intelligence, and MSI Discovery Labs’ scientific breakthroughs can reshape outcomes for millions of children and adults worldwide.

Thank you for your consideration.

Dr. Therese Rowley

Founder, MultiSensory Intelligence™www.multisensoryintelligence.ai