The New England Center for Children (NECC) is an independently-operated, private special education residential school in Southborough, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded as the Efficacy Research Institute in 1975 by Vincent Strully, Dudley Orr, and John Pangburn. The organization changed their name in 1986 to the New England Center for Autism and relocated to Southborough. The title was revised again in 1996…