Evaluate the STEP Program which prepares for employment, post-high school training, or college. 

• Study by UA Center for Youth and Development Intervention

• 16-25 years old

• Up to $240 per family awarded 

Understand the healthcare experiences of families living in rural areas.

• Study by UAB

• Parents of 3-17 year old(s)

• $50 gift card awarded 

For interest in participating, contact: zacharyarnold@uabmc.edu 

Understand loneliness among autistic adults to help create a new measure of loneliness.

• Study by UCLA 

• 18+ years old

• $30 Amazon gift card awarded 

Modifying a therapy, TF-CBT, for autistic kids and teens affected by trauma.

• Study by Dartmouth Health

• 16-25 years old

• Monetary compensation

Assessing the utility of Toca Boca’s creative play apps for children with ASD. 

• Study by UAB - Toca Boca

• 4-13 years old

• Compensation for participation.

Making a program to teach autistic young adults with ID about romantic relationships.

• Study by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

• 18+ years old

• Monetary compensation

If interested in participating, contact: garagozzoa@chop.edu

Seeking to understand challenges and needs in driver training for autistic teens.

• Study by UAB

• 15-18 years old

• Up to $200 awarded 

Exploring connections between an autistic individual's camouflaging behaviors, social relationships, and well-being.

• Study by KU

• 18+ years old, diagnosis, English-literate

Understanding the everyday experiences of autistic children and younger siblings.

• Study by UA

• 1-4 years old, within 5 hours from UA, child either has an autism diagnosis or a sibling with autism diagnosis

• $100 awarded 

Improving communication between schools and families of children with autism.

• Study by VU

• Parent of 3-21 year old(s)

Healthcare provider’s use of developmental milestones in referral decisions and patient education.

• Study by Samford

• Available to healthcare providers including SLPs 

Improving Reading Comprehension, including an MRI and 10 week intervention.

• Study by UAB

• 7-13 years old

• Up to $250 awarded 

Help enhance emergency preparedness for autistic children and provide resources.

• Study by Childern's National

• Parent of diagnosed child, 18+ year old individual

Helping autistic people thrive emotionally.

• Study by UA

• 10-30 years old, located in Alabama or Pennsylvania

Examining socio-emotional competencies.

• Study by UAB and UCONN

• 11-14 years old, diagnosis of learning disorder

• $50 awarded 

Surveying Black families to learn about their experiences accessing services for autism.

• Study by USA

• All ages welcome

• $50 awarded 

Surveying eating habits and food preferences of toddlers with no known diagnosis.

• Study by USA

• 18-35 months

Understand the effect of environmental pollution on ASD severity. 

• Study by UAB

• 3-10 years old

• $50 awarded 

Help researchers understand what friendship means to someone with autism and how connections are made.

• Study by UCLA 

• 10-17 years old

• $30 awarded

For interest in participating, contact: uclafriendshipstudy@gmail.com 

Understanding individual's emotional response to everyday life events.

• Study by UA Department of Psychology

• 18-55 years old

• Up to $200 awarded 

Research to accelerate the implementation of precision medical care using AI to research therapeutic strategies to treat genetic disorders including rare disease.

• Study by UAB Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute

• Genetic Disorders / Rare Diseases