Interactive Autism Network

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I apologize if this has already been covered. Finally someone has

decided to devise a way to collect information from a vary large

sample of families with ASD. This site is dedicated to providing a

large set of information to researchers and at the same time

providing the results of the latest research back to the families.

I believe this is a huge step in the right direction since there are

so many things out there that people are trying with no way to

really assess the sucess of any of it. They even wrote an

introduction to make it easier to spread the word. Most of it is

below.

I hope many of you will log on and provide your information.

thanks,

I wanted to tell you about a groundbreaking online autism project

that launched on April 2, 2007: IAN, the Interactive Autism Network.

Visit today at www.IANproject.org.

IAN aims to link researchers, families, and the entire autism

community to accelerate the pace of autism research. It's a great

opportunity to get involved!

IAN consists of two complementary parts: IAN Research and the IAN

Community.

IAN Research is the nation's largest online autism research effort.

Via secure online questionnaires, and from the comfort of their own

home, parents of children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can

share valuable information about their child's diagnosis, behavior,

family, environment, and services received. IAN Research aims to

collect the largest ever data set on children with ASDs — an

accomplishment that should help researchers find causes and

treatments.

The IAN Community, a comprehensive online library and meeting place

focused on autism research, is open to families, researchers, and

anyone impacted by an ASD. You can participate in the IAN Community

to learn about the latest research, become a more informed consumer

of research, and join in a worldwide collaboration of people

dedicated to finding answers. On the Community site, there is a

great deal of information both for beginners and for the more

advanced, plus the initial results from the IAN data collected so

far. You are also invited to view the IAN parents video at

www.IANcommunity.org/cs/about_ian/psa_videos. Come see what we're

all about!

Please check it out at www.IANproject.org, and help spread the word

to others you know who might be interested.