Research
These links are provided as a service. However, the Thompson Center cannot guarantee the accuracy of the content.
Interactive Autism Network
The Interactive Autism Network (IAN) is a national online autism registry funded by Autism Speaks that is designed to increase the pace of new discoveries about autism. Parents enter information about their child and family by completing online surveys. These questionnaires ask about their child’s history, behaviors, family environment and services received. The Thompson Center is collaborating with IAN to use anonymous data from those who register in Missouri to inform policy makers about ways to improve state services. More information about the IAN registry is available at www.ianproject.org. To learn more about the IAN-MO partnership visit http://thompsoncenter.missouri.edu/news/IANproject.php
Current Thompson Center Research
The Thompson Center has a variety of research opportunities that are seeking participants.
Organization for Autism Research
Putting research to work providing answers to questions for those confronted directly and indirectly by autism. Funding research studies that investigate treatments, educational approaches and statistical aspects of autism.
A Parent’s Guide to Autism Research (PDF)
Includes information on how to find creditable sources of autism information; understanding the science behind the research; the current state of autism research; glossary of research terms and more.
National Institutes of Health Clinical Trials for Autism
Autism Speaks
An organization of parents, clinicians and leading scientists committed to accelerating the pace of biomedical research in autism through raising money for research projects, education and outreach.

