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The
Children’s Health Act of 2000 directed CDC to establish
regional centers of excellence for ASD and other
developmental disabilities. These centers make up the
Centers for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research
and Epidemiology (CADDRE) Network. The CADDRE Network is
currently working on the Study to Explore Early Development
(SEED) – a five-year, multi-site
collaborative study to help identify factors that may put
children at risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).
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Current CADDRE Network Activities
Study to Explore Early Development (SEED)
Formerly National CADDRE Study: Child Development and Autism
Previous CADDRE Network
Activities
Goals of the previous CADDRE project
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Work with the ADDM Network to
monitor the number of children with ASDs and other developmental
disabilities.
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Improve community and service
provider awareness of ASDs and other developmental disabilities,
or improve access of children with ASDs and other developmental
disabilities to comprehensive, community-based, family-centered
care.
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Conduct epidemiologic research
related to ASDs and other developmental disabilities.
These studies addressed topics such as what factors
(genetic, environment, and others) make it more likely that a
child will have an ASD, what other disabilities children with
ASDs have, biomarkers, and the economic costs of ASDs.
CADDRE
publications (PDF)
CADDRE Programs CDC funds the following CADDRE
programs. Please click on a program to learn more about its
activities.
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Date:
January 25, 2008
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities
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