Center for Autism and Related Disorders - Columbia

CARD® is committed to remaining at the forefront of research on ABA-based methods of autism assessment and treatment. As such, CARD® is the third largest non-governmental organization contributing to autism research in the United States. In August 2009, CARD® researchers published the first-ever study to document recovery in a large group of individuals with autism. Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Records in 38 Cases of Recovery from Autism, published in the Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, earned Dr. Granpeesheh the prestigious American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists 2011 George Winokur Research Award. CARD® is equally committed to developing technology to make autism treatment available to professionals and families around the world. Based on over 30 years of research on individual development and autism, CARD’s breakthrough web-based tool, Skills®, provides comprehensive skill assessment, individualized curriculum design, and the ability to track treatment progress with automatically-generated graphs and clinical timeline charts. Skills® is designed to teach over 8,000 age-appropriate skills to individuals with autism, making it the most in-depth, multidisciplinary system of its kind in the world.