Contribute to Autism Research

Help fund global research into the causes, prevention, treatments, and a cure for autism.

Autism affects 1 of every 68 children, 1 in 42 boys, and is the fastest-growing developmental disorder in the United States.

In any disease or disorder, there are four basic questions to investigate:

• What is it?
• What causes it?
• How do you know if someone has it?
• How do we make it better?

Autism demands answers for each of these questions. All are priorities. Autism Speaks® has garnered its resources and organized its research program to pursue each of these avenues simultaneously. Their mission for research: "to improve the future of those struggling with autism spectrum disorders by funding research and developing resources that will accelerate discovery, development, and dissemination of methods for prevention, treatment, and cure."

Autism Speaks. It's time to listen®. Your contribution pays for research into causes, prevention, treatments, and cures for autism spectrum disorders through Autism Speaks, the largest autism research and advocacy organization.

Autism Speaks is dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughout the lifespan, for the needs of individuals with autism and their families through advocacy and support; increasing understanding and acceptance of autism spectrum disorder; and advancing research into causes and better interventions for autism spectrum disorder and related conditions.Autism Speaks enhances lives today and is accelerating a spectrum of solutions for tomorrow