Benefits of Participation

Children born to families participating in the EARLI Study will be evaluated by trained professionals for their developmental progress between 6 months and 3 years of age. Families will be compensated for their time spent contributing to the EARLI Study.  Families will also be updated on local resources and have ready access to information from EARLI about study findings and other autism-related developments.  Please see each Research Site's page for more details.
Learn more about participation in the EARLI study.

 

Welcome to EARLI

EARLI is a network of research sites that will enroll and follow 1,200 mothers of children with autism at the start of another pregnancy and document the newborn child’s development through three years of age. The EARLI Study will examine possible environmental risk factors for autism and study whether there is any interplay between environmental factors and genetic susceptibility.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 1 in every 110 children has an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in the country; however, little is known about what causes it.

The EARLI Study is an important research study trying to change that. If you have a child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and are currently pregnant or may become pregnant again in the future, you have a unique opportunity to help researchers better understand the causes of autism so that we can one day more effectively treat or prevent this challenging disorder.

 

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InSights with M. Daniele Fallin

Summer 2010:  To solve the mystery of autism and its causes, new research is combining the concepts of genetic and environmental risk. One investigator explains how EARLI may yield much-needed breakthroughs.

 

National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition

June 28, 2010:          Read the HMHB interview with an EARLI Outreach Coordinator who is also the parent of a child with ASD.

Read other articles about the EARLI Study.

 

EARLI Video

Finding Clues About Autism with Growing Families video