• Autism Treatment Network
• Clinical Trials Network  
  • Institute for Behavioral Medicine (Smyrna, GA) - Participating site.

Participate in Research

• Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE)- for two or more family members affected by autism
• Family Participation in Research - connecting families with researchers recruiting participants
• Interactive Autism Network (IAN) - an online project allowing parents to report information about their child's diagnosis, behavior, environment, services received, as well as progress over time.
• Autism Tissue Program (ATP) - a parent-led post-mortem brain tissue donation program

Spotlight on Pilot:

Diana Robins, Ph.D.
Georgia State University
$119,966 for 2 years

Psychophysiological mechanism of emotion expression

The present study will examine automatic facial mimicry in 20 individuals with ASD in response to both visual and audio emotional cues. Rather than still photos, more realistic audio-video cues will be used. Facial movement and expression in response to cues will be measured using sensors attached to the face. Researchers will determine whether deficits in automatic facial mimicry in correlate with emotion perception and social engagement.

This research will clarify whether facial mimicry is involved in emotional perception in, and may contribute to our understanding of deficits in social skills in ASD.

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Did you Know....
Autism Speaks sponsored the first of its kind Immunology Workshop which evaluated the current of knowledge about the potential role of immunological factors in the pathogenesis of autism, and to outlined critical areas of future research to clarify the relationship of such factors to autism and investigate their potential relevance for therapeutic interventions.

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