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  1. Our research
  2. Why Research?

Why Research?

Autism is a condition that affects millions of lives in the UK – those diagnosed, their families and friends. It is an unbelievably complex, multifactorial condition, and its research and treatment has received so little funding. It is because of the scale and complexity of the challenge that research is needed, and will help fill an enormous gap in our scientific understanding, and hopefully provide new avenues for treatment. Professor Baron Cohen and his team are world class in the field, and take a holistic and multidisciplinary approach.

- Parent of an autistic child

Our Research

Thanks to our supporters, the Autism Research Trust funds research to understand the causes of autism, improve diagnosis and explore interventions to ensure that autistic people receive the best possible support. The majority of our funds have been directed to the pioneering research of the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge.

Our Priorities

Our Priorities

Our goal is to support research that can help understand the causes of autism, improve the diagnosis and explore interventions to ensure that autistic people receive the best possible support. Read more

Published: 17th January, 2018

Updated: 4th March, 2018

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What we've achieved so far

What we've achieved so far

Browse below a list of the milestones achieved by the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge during the past decades. Read more

Published: 17th January, 2018

Updated: 24th May, 2018

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  • ART supports pioneering Autism Centre of Excellence

    ART supports pioneering Autism Centre of Excellence

    The Autism Centre of Excellence is ART's new venture. The ACE will be the UK’s first national clinical and research centre for autistic people, whose lived experience will inspire and lead researchers to innovate where it's most needed.

  • How does autism begin? A project to study brain development

    How does autism begin? A project to study brain development

    Stem cell research has transformed the way we study autism. Researchers funded by ART have been pioneering a technique nicknamed the ‘brain in a dish’ approach, which involves growing cells in a laboratory to see how the brain develops in the first weeks of life.

  • Autism and mental health: what our research says

    Autism and mental health: what our research says

    The more research we do, the clearer it becomes that mental health issues have a huge impact on autistic people. That’s why this year it has, once more, been a major focus for us.

  • 2019: a year to shape our future

    2019: a year to shape our future

    Last year was an exciting one for the Autism Research Trust. With your support, we’ve moved forward in so many ways. Find out about our achievements.

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    Are autistic people being misdiagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder?

    A new study has shown that there is an overlap in the behaviour traits of people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and Autism. Could this mean people are receiving the wrong diagnosis?

  • What is autism?

    What is autism?

    Autism is a lifelong developmental disability, that can affects people's ability to communicate and build relationships.

  • The Autism Research Trust

    The Autism Research Trust

    We fund research to understand the causes of autism, improve diagnosis and explore interventions to ensure that autistic people receive the best possible support.

  • Our Priorities

    Our Priorities

    Our goal is to support research that can help understand the causes of autism, improve the diagnosis and explore interventions to ensure that autistic people receive the best possible support.

  • Vulnerabilty and Mental Health

    Vulnerabilty and Mental Health

    The research aims to get a broad but detailed representation of types of vulnerability experienced by autistic children and adults, and documate those that may be risk factors for developing anxiety and depression.

  • Rover's story

    Rover's story

    By his father, Robert

  • The Autism Research Centre

    The Autism Research Centre

    At the cutting edge of autism research, the Centre is based in Cambridge and led by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen.

  • Meet the team

    Meet the team

  • Bricks for Autism: LEGO-based therapy for children

    Bricks for Autism: LEGO-based therapy for children

    Bricks for Autism is a social venture that aims at supporting children with communication and learning disabilities through a therapy of building LEGO models. And whilst helping children with autism develop key skills, it also helps funding vital research.

  • Investigating the role of NRXN1 in autism

    Investigating the role of NRXN1 in autism

    This project looks to fill the gaps in our knowledge about the role of the Neurexin 1 gene in autism using induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology.

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