Our Research

The Hussman Institute for Autism is committed to research that promises to improve the lives of individuals with autism, their families, and the communities that support them. Our programs are based on collaborative, evidence-based, goal-directed efforts that can have a real-world impact on people with autism and related conditions.

Neuroscience

A major focus of research is to understand how genes and molecular pathways that have been implicated in research affect neural connectivity, cell adhesion, cytoskeletal remodeling, GABAergic innervation, synapse function and cellular integrity...

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Supports

The Institute is working to create and disseminate a continuum of resources to serve the day-to-day needs of individuals with autism, including training materials, model programs, and evidence‐based practices, centered around principles of positive, naturalistic...

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“The soul must be loved as it is.”

Jamie Burke
“Autism awareness can’t stop with a list of what makes people with autism different from us. Because what is essential is the constant awareness of what makes us the same.”

John P. Hussman, Ph.D., Director
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“We agree with the view that presuming competence is the least dangerous assumption.”

John P. Hussman, Ph.D., Director
“Autism is not disability.”

Jamie Burke
“We are just like you, with the same desires, and just need help to be typical members of society.”

Sue Rubin
“In the end, the best argument for inclusion is the simplest. It’s the one we know by heart – that all of us are created equal.”

John P. Hussman, Ph.D., Director