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Autism Cohorts

SFARI is working to advance autism science by providing a number of key resources to researchers. Both academic and industry investigators are invited to apply for access to these resources on SFARI Base.

SFARI Base

Cohorts

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Autism Inpatient Collection

The Autism Inpatient Collection is a genetic and phenotypic dataset from 1,555 children with autism admitted to inpatient psychiatric care, available to researchers via SFARI Base.
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Simons Simplex Collection

The Simons Simplex Collection (SSC), established by the Simons Foundation, is a deeply phenotyped research cohort of approximately 2,600 families created to advance understanding of the genetic and biological basis of autism.
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SPARK

SPARK, a Simons Foundation initiative, is one of the largest autism research studies and communities, collecting genomic and phenotypic data to advance autism research.
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Simons Searchlight

Simons Searchlight, supported by the Simons Foundation, is a program that aims to better understand rare genetic neurodevelopmental conditions.