Autism Speaks Canada invites friends and neighbours to their annual walk on Sunday, June 2, 2019 at Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St W, Toronto. Registration opens at 9:30am with the Walk starting at 11am.
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World’s largest autism whole-genome database a beacon to developing new solutions for individuals with autism and their families
Read MorePlease join us in congratulating Dr. Stephen Scherer, Director of Autism Speaks MSSNG project, for winning the prestigious 2019 Killam Prize for his groundbreaking human genome research. He founded the Database of Genomic Variants, the world’s most used CNV database, which facilitates thousands of clinical diagnoses around the world every day.
Read MoreThis World Autism Awareness Day, April 2nd, Light It Up Blue with Autism Speaks Canada to increase global understanding & acceptance of people with Autism.
Read MoreAutism is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social communication and interaction; and restrictive patterns of behaviour. The expression and intensity of these core features vary greatly between individuals. As such, there is no single treatment for autism — rather, the recommended types, intensity and duration of treatments are highly individualized.
Read MoreTORONTO and NEW YORK (June 25, 2018) ? DNAstack, a software company that develops a cloud-based platform to manage, analyze and search genomic datasets, and Autism Speaks announced today a collaboration to enhance the Autism Speaks MSSNG research portal, designed to facilitate research to understand the complexities of autism spectrum disorder. Through this collaboration, DNAstack will organize one of the largest collections of autism genomes in the world, making them more accessible and analyzable, accelerating the pace at which researchers can use the resource to make discoveries.
Read MoreResearchers are invited to apply for funding to evaluate new interventions and support services for disabling autism symptoms and associated health conditions
Read MoreResearch taps Simons’ and Autism Speaks’ whole genome databases to detect hidden structural DNA changes associated with autism
Read MoreOn March 29, 2018 the Public Health Agency of Canada published the first National Autism Spectrum Disorder Surveillance System (NASS) report. This report provides, for the first time, national data on the number (i.e., prevalence) of children and youth ages 5-17 years living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), based on data collected in 2015.
Read MoreThree-year plan focuses funding on research that can best improve lives today and accelerate the delivery of personalized therapies and other services in the years ahead.
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