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High-Functioning Autism/Asperger Syndrome Study:
Neurobiology and Genetics of Autism and Related Disorders
The goals of this research are to better understand the similarities and differences between HFA and AS, and to find out how genes are passed on from generation to generation in these two disorders. This study is part of a larger project that includes our site at McLean Hospital as well as sites at the Yale Child Study Center, the University of Chicago, and the University of Michigan. This study is supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and is funded until 2007.
We are currently looking for families with at least one child between the age of 6 and 21 years who has High Functioning Autism or Asperger syndrome (IQ > 70), and no other significant disorders.
We would like the whole family (the individual with HFA or AS, their parents and siblings) to participate. We may see families at MGH, McLean Hospital, or in their homes for some parts of the study. Information is collected in the form of questionnaires, interviews, and cognitive (thinking, memory) and language measures. For the child with autism or a related disorder, our team will offer the parents a report of their child’s work on the assessments given.
Over time, we hope that families will benefit from our increased understanding of autism and the role of genetics in this and related disorders.
Principal Investigator: David Pauls, Ph.D.
Co-Investigators:
Katherine Tsatsanis, Ph.D. (Publications by Dr. Tsatsanis)
Jean Frazier, M.D.
Dan Geller, M.D. (Publications by Dr. Geller)
Research Coordinator: Kelly Steen, M.S., CCC-SLP
Phone: 617-726-0891 or 1-800-471-2730
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