The Autism Research Institute conducts, sponsors and supports research on the underlying causes of and treatments for autism. In order to provide parents and professionals with an independent, unbiased assessment of causal and treatment efficacy issues, ARI seeks no financial support from government agencies or drug manufacturers.
We therefore rely on the generosity of donors to continue to advance autism research. Our founder Dr. Bernard Rimland would often say, ‘Research that makes a difference!’ to remind us of the need to focus on what might be beneficial for autistic people.
ARI, from the very beginning, has said that autism is a biomedical, or a gene-environment interaction condition. And it’s by understanding those things better that we can make more meaningful interventions.
— Robert Hendren, DO, University of California, San Francisco
ARI research grants tend to help with new discoveries. They create a really important niche for really novel work that may play in, in a big way down the pike.
— David Beversdorf, MD, University of Missouri