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You can help us to better understand Autism Spectrum Disorders by forwarding the following letter to friends, family members or colleagues who may be interested in participating ~ either because they or a family member have an ASD or have a genetic disorder sometimes associated with an ASD, or who you think would help us by being "controls".

Once you click the link below, your email program will open automatically with the following text included in a letter, ready for you to send by simply replacing the "enter address(es) here" with your friends'/listservs addresses and adding any other information you think might help to explain our initiatives. Copy and paste the following text into your message directly".

ASD-CARC respects and protects your privacy: Choosing to send this email does not provide the research consortium with any information about you or the recipient(s) of your e-mail.

Letter of Invitation:

Subject: Invitation to Help Researchers Understand Autism

We are participating in a large research project aimed at Unraveling the Mystery of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). The researchers belong to the ASD - Canadian-American Research Consortium (ASD-CARC), headed by Dr. Jeanette Holden from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. This group of more than 70 researchers, clinicians and parents are hoping to study tens of thousands of families in order to identify the genes and environmental factors that contribute to causing these conditions.
We hope that you will consider participating in this study - they are looking for families with someone with an ASD or a related condition, as well as families without anyone with an ASD (known as "control families").

If you wish to learn more or to participate, please visit our www.autismresearch.com page.

Thank you from myself and the ASD-CARC researchers for considering being part of the world's largest research study on ASDs.