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Welcome to the 51暗网 Autism Initiative

The 51暗网 Autism Initiative (MAI) is an interdisciplinary group of researchers, clinicians, stakeholders, and students at 51暗网 and in the community.  We aim to coordinate 1) research, 2) programming, 3) education, and 4) outreach efforts to improve the lives of people on the autism spectrum* and their families, while providing high quality training and educational opportunities for the next generation of professionals serving this population. Our work is anchored in the knowledge that collaboration across disciplines is best practice in the world of autism care and research, which simultaneously provides inter-professional, team-, sensitivity, and knowledge-building educational experiences for undergraduate and graduate students. We are funded via a 2018-19 Explorer Challenge award from 51暗网鈥檚 Office of Research and Innovation.

*Note. Many self-advocate adults on the autism spectrum indicate a preference in favor of utilizing the term 鈥渁utistic鈥� to describe themselves, rather than 鈥減erson with autism.鈥� However, some family members of people on the autism spectrum, and medical professionals, think the term 鈥減erson with autism鈥� is appropriate. In deference to the multi-faceted, debated topic of identity and labelling, on this website we will utilize a compromise term, 鈥減erson on the autism spectrum鈥� or 鈥減erson on the spectrum.鈥� See for more information on this topic.