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Research Autism commissions, carries out, supports and reviews high quality, independent research into new and existing health, education, social and other interventions designed to help people with autism.
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Founded in 1844, the APA is the world’s largest psychiatric organisation. It is a medical specialty society representing more than 36,000 psychiatric physicians from the United States and around the world. The APA is the authoring body of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
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The AET is a government-funded body dedicated to co-ordinating and improving education support for all children on the autism spectrum in England.
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The Autism Genome Project is a large-scale, international, collaborative genetics research project designed to map the human genome in a search for the genes responsible for the inherited risk for autism.
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The Autism Phenome Project (APP) is the largest and most comprehensive assessment of children with autism ever attempted. It aims to distinguish among recognised subgroups or phenotypes of autism. It will link these different forms of autism with distinct patterns of behaviour and biological changes.
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The mission of the ARC is to understand the biomedical causes of autism spectrum conditions, and develop new and validated methods for assessment and intervention.
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The Autism Tissue Program (ATP), a clinical program of Autism Speaks, is dedicated to supporting scientists worldwide in their efforts to understand autism, autism related disorders and the human brain. The ATP makes brain tissue available to as many qualified scientists as possible to advance autism research and unravel the mysteries of this and related neurological conditions.
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Autistica is a charity devoted to raising and investing funds into biomedical research and peer-reviewed studies that will improve diagnosis, advance new treatments and determine causal factors in autism.
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The British Autism Study of Infant Siblings (BASIS) is a collaborative research network for the study of infants at risk for autism in the UK. The primary aim of BASIS is to provide a platform for research and to facilitate collaborative links between scientists working in the area.
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The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about groups in The Cochrane Collaboration.
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The Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI) is a network of research sites that will enrol and follow 1,200 mothers of children with autism at the start of another pregnancy and document the newborn child’s development to three years of age. The EARLI study will examine possible environmental risk factors for autism and study whether there is any interplay between environmental factors and genetic susceptibility.
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The NAS is the leading UK charity for people with ASD and their families, providing information, support and services, and leading a number of policy campaigns.
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OTARC facilitates large-scale research projects into the nature and causes of ASD and develops and studies evidence-based strategies to support children and families. The Centre also conducts campaigns to improve the public profile of autism research and attract funding.
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Led by a consortium of research partners from Denmark, Norway and the UK, the ScanBrit trial is investigating the medium- and long-term developmental outcomes of a gluten- and casein-free dietary intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders
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The Study to Explore Early Development (SEED) is a multi-year research project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is currently the largest study in the United States to help identify factors that may put children at risk for autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities.
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WARC conducts scientific research in the areas of risk factors, early identification, diagnosis, cognitive development and intervention, working in partnership with practitioners, charities and the government to integrate scientific evidence with policy and practice.
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