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Links
The Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Association for Professional Behavior Analysts (APBA)
Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB)
Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: FAQs about MMR Vaccine & Autism
Maine Administrators of Services for Children with Disabilities (MADSEC)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute for Literacy: Information on Science Based Research
New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)
Quackwatch, Inc.: Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions
Sense About Science US Department of Education: No Child Left Behind Act
Links to Research Studies
What follows is a list of web site addresses of universities, institutions, and medical facilities around the country that are conducting research into the possible causes of autism. Also included are some web sites that summarize different types of research being conducted. Please note that this list is necessarily incomplete; ASAT will make every effort to keep information current, and to keep adding to the information as new research emerges. Also note that ASAT is providing this resource for the interest of its readers. However, we are not assessing or evaluating the research being conducted at any of these sites; appearance on this list does not constitute ASAT endorsement or recommendation for any particular research site or study; and, as ever, we strongly urge parents and others to seek as much information as possible before participating in any research study or allowing their minor child to be the subject of any research study. Finally, readers will note that most of the peer reviewed research at these sites is focused on causation – far less (with the exception of educational and behaviorally-based models) around treatment.
A service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health Developed by the National Library of Medicine "ClinicalTrials.gov provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details. The information provided on ClinicalTrials.gov should be used in conjunction with advice from health care professionals. Before searching, you may want to learn more about clinical trials."
- Easy to navigate: enter autism in the search box and a list of studies comes up
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- Valuable tutorial about research studies
National Institutes of Mental Health
- Studies listed link to listings on clinicaltrials.gov
National Institute of Health website summarizing information from the Collaborative Programs of Excellence in Autism (CPEA) Network and the Studies to Advance Autism Research and Treatment (STAART)
Links to University Based Research Studies
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Boston University School of Medicine
www.ianproject.org
A Kennedy Krieger Institute project
University of California, Davis
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (child/adolescent and neurodevelopmental disorders)
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rochester (Research)
University of Rochester (Clinical Trials)
University of Texas Health Sciences Center
University of Utah
University of Washington
Yale University
