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Non-profit organization (1994?2006)
The
National Alliance for Autism Research
(NAAR), based in
Princeton, New Jersey
, was a
non-profit
advocacy
organization, founded by parents of children with
autism
concerned about the limited funding available for research.
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NAAR was founded in 1994 as an attempt to stimulate biomedical research and science-based approaches to understanding, treating, and curing
autism spectrum disorders
. The founders comprised a small group of parents, including two
psychiatrists
, a lawyer, a CPA and a chemistry professor.
NAAR raised money to provide research grants focusing on autism, and has committed an excess of $20 million to over 200 autism research projects, fellowships and collaborative programs - more than any other non-governmental organization. NAAR focused intently on its role in establishing and funding the
Autism Tissue Program
, a post-mortem brain tissue donation program designed to further autism research studies at the cellular and molecular level. Other major programs included the 'High Risk Baby Sibling Autism Research Project' and the 'NAAR Genome Project'. NAAR also published the
NAARRATIVE
, a newsletter on autism biomedical research. In early 2006, NAAR merged with
Autism Speaks
.
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