National Autism Database
Established in January 2015, the National Autism Database embodies a unique multidisciplinary collaboration, with data contributed and shared by clinicians and scientists across pediatrics, neurology, psychiatry, genetics, neuroscience, developmental psychology, molecular biology, and biomedical engineering. Since its inception, we have continuously populated the resource with birth, clinical, and demographic records; parent questionnaires; behavioral test scores (including cognitive and ADOS assessments); EEG recordings; eye-tracking recordings; whole-exome DNA sequencing; prenatal ultrasound examinations; and MRI scans. The breadth of this dataset enables cross-domain analyses—for example, testing whether autistic children with specific genetic abnormalities also exhibit EEG abnormalities such as epileptiform activity—thereby accelerating discovery and advancing precision care.