Families Help Researchers Make Breakthrough Discoveries in Autism Research
Researchers who want to study autism often face a big obstacle before they even get started: how to track down enough individuals and families who meet the criteria for their studies, and then gain their participation. To overcome this obstacle, in April 2016 SFARI launched SPARK (Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge), an initiative that aims to create a repository of genetic and behavioral data from 50,000 individuals with autism and their families. The effort is well on its way.
