We regret that Spectrum 10K’s full website is temporarily unavailable due to technical issues affecting the University of Cambridge’s School of Clinical Medicine. The University of Cambridge’s Computer Services team is working to resolve these issues as quickly as possible.
Meanwhile, on this temporary holding page we have provided a brief overview of Spectrum 10K and the latest information about this IT situation.
About Spectrum 10K
Spectrum 10K is a research study that aims to better understand autistic people’s mental and physical health. The study aims to generate data that can be used to help find out why autistic people are more at risk of co-occurring conditions such as anxiety, depression, gut problems, joint pain and epilepsy. This understanding could potentially help autistic people to live healthier and happier lives in future. The study is funded by Wellcome and was originally launched in August 2021.
Spectrum 10K was voluntarily paused by the research team involved so that an independent consultation could be carried out after concerns were raised by the autism community. More information about the independent consultation can be found at Hopkins Van Mil - Spectrum 10K consultation
Latest update from the Spectrum 10K research team
The Spectrum 10K team would like to thank everyone who has engaged with the study and this consultation so far. We are aware that our consultation participants have generously given us a tremendous amount of their time and energy to discuss issues that are deeply personal and important to them, and we are very grateful.
This valuable two year process with our consultation partners Hopkins Van Mil has resulted in contributions from over 500 autistic people and their families. The rich, detailed and thoughtful feedback we have received has given us much to reflect on and learn from since the consultation closed. We are now in the process of collating our responses to the consultation feedback and recommendations to explain what we have learnt, the changes we will make in how we conduct research studies, and how and why we want to continue to meaningfully engage with the autism community. We are aware that our consultation participants, and the autism community more broadly, are awaiting this information and we would like to thank everyone involved for your patience.
The full independent report and our response will be published on both the Spectrum 10K and Hopkin Van Mil website in due course.
Contacting Spectrum 10K
If you would like to get in touch please email info@spectrum10k.org
About the Autism Research Centre
Spectrum 10K is run by the Autism Research Centre (ARC) at the University of Cambridge. The ARC website is also affected by the same IT issue, but while the website is offline, you can view its temporary holding page at https://www.autismresearchcentre.com
Contacting the Autism Research Centre
To contact the Autism Research Centre, please email admin@autismresearchcentre.com
Here is some information about our Director Simon Baron-Cohen
You can read some of the 750+ publications from the ARC on Pubmed
To find out more about the charity we work closely with, please visit Autism Centre of Excellence at Cambridge
For enquiries about graduate study at the Autism Research Centre, please email support@autismresearchcentre.com
Autism Research Centre
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