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The study to explore early development or we call it SEED
was designed to be a multi site collaborative study
to investigate possible causes for autism and other developmental disabilities.
We’re studying three main areas as part of SEED,
we’re looking at the behavioral and physical characteristics
of children with autism to really understand better what is unique about autism
compared to other developmental problems or typical development.
We’re also looking a great deal at the medical conditions in children with autism
and other developmental problems to really have a better understanding of the problems
these children face. And thirdly, we are looking at the risk factors
associated with the causes of these problems,
factors such as the genetics of the disease.
We’re collecting genetic information such as the genetic history of the family.
The medical history of the family, the developmental history of the child
and a whole host of factors around the pregnancy and early childhood of the child
that might be associated with autism