"In a field rife with fads, pseudoscience, and popular, yet unproven, interventions, the findings of the National Standards Project are a welcome and much-needed counterbalance to much of the hyperbole for both professionals and families."

—Peter F. Gerhardt, Ed.D.
President & Chair, Scientific Council
Organization for Autism Research 

 Press Release, January 11, 2010:  National Autism Center Publishes Autism Manual for Educators

Educator manual available for download and purchase:  
Evidence-Based Practice and Autism in the Schools

  Video has been posted from the Ford Hall Forum event, Autism: Looking Beyond Cause and Cure. View the article at huffingtonpost.com or watch the video at fora.tv.

   Executive Director Dr. Susan Wilczynski featured on Fox News (Washington, D.C.) segment about autism in the military.

 The National Autism Center is pleased to announce the completion of the National Standards Report.

As more children are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), the search for successful treatments has intensified. The options are abundant—but the choices are not always clear. There is an urgent need for reliable information that can be used to help people distinguish between treatment approaches that have been shown to be effective based on scientific research and those that are experimental or anecdotal in nature.

Susan M. Wilczynski, Ph.D., BCBA, Executive Director of the National Autism Center, comments on the National Standards Project.