Centers for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research and Epidemiology

2008

The Centers of Excellence for Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities Epidemiology project (Autism Centers Project) is a research grant funded by the Center for Disease Control (CDC)to the Environmental Epidemiology Division at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment with a subcontract to JFK Partners, Colorado's UCEDD. The goals of this project are to: 1) develop a population-based epidemiological surveillance system for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in the Denver Metropolitan area; 2) improve the ability of community service providers to screen for, diagnose and treat ASD; and 3) implement an ASD case-control study with other Centers. Study to Explore Early Development (SEED): The Colorado center will work with the other CADDRE programs to find factors that make it more likely that a child will have an ASD and to identify conditions that are associated with ASDs. This information will come from families who choose to take part in the study, from evaluations of children with ASDs, and from medical records of the children. Children 25 years of age will be included in the combined centers study.

autism, epidemiology, surveillance, secondary conditions

Performing Research or Evaluation

Health-Related Activities

Not Applicable

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State, National

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