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The mission of the Allison Foundation is to provide funding grants to
 individuals
for autism therapy, treatment and care in Charles County, Maryland.
Autism is a mysterious disorder with no cure (learn more about autism), but hope is growing for autistic children through
many different kinds of therapy... most of which are not covered by
traditional medical insurance. Therefore, parents
of autistic children incur significant out-of-pocket expenses in order
to get help for their children.
As the Allison Foundation grows, our hope is to reach
families in the Charles County community and make a real difference in helping
these beautiful children!
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Coming Events:
Sept 18, 2009
Golf Tournament
Feb 14, 2010
Bowling Tournament
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Throughout the year, the Allison Foundation sponsors fundraisers in order to
provide money for family grants. See our event calendar
to learn about what's coming soon
and how you can get involved. Click here to learn about the
annual golf tournament.
To volunteer to help with our efforts, please contact us.
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Left: At the first annual golf tournament, each golfer was given a personal
thank-you card from Allison. |
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Pregnancy Complications May Increase Autism Risk -
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:00:00 PDT
Complications during pregnancy may increase the risk of having a child with autism, according to American researchers. The team reviewed 64 studies of prenatal risk factors for autism. It is the first time a meta-analysis of the relationship between pregnancy-related factors and risk of autism has been carried out. The analysis is published in the July issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry. Over 50 prenatal factors were examined.
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HOPE Welcomes Autism Bill's Progress Following First Reading In The Lords, UK -
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:00:00 PDT
HOPE, the charity for adults with autism and learning disabilities, welcomes the progress of the Autism Bill through Parliament. Its third and final reading in the House of Commons took place on 19th June and its first reading in the House of Lords was on 22nd June. Once law, the Autism Bill stands to be a landmark piece of legislation, as it will be the first time there will be statutory provision to meet the needs of adults with autism.
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UC Davis Researchers Develop New Test For Fragile X Syndrome -
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:00:00 PDT
Researchers at UC Davis have developed a new test that will measure the protein deficit responsible for fragile X syndrome - the single-most common cause of intellectual impairment and the most-commonly inherited cause of autism. The test, described in a study appearing online in the July 2009 issue of The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, is the first to measure an individual's level of the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) protein.
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Engineering Autism: Mice With Extra Chromosome Region Show Many Autistic Signs -
Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT
Mice who inherit a particular chromosomal duplication from their fathers show many behaviors associated with human autism, researchers report in the June 26th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press Publication. The duplicated chromosomal region in mice is the equivalent of human chromosome 15q11-13, the most frequent cytogenetic abnormality observed in autism, accounting for some five percent of all cases.
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Further Gene Mutations Linked To Autism Risk -
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:00:00 PDT
Pieces in the complex autism inheritance puzzle are emerging in the latest study from a research team including geneticists from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The study identified 27 different genetic regions where rare copy number variations - missing or extra copies of DNA segments - were found in the genes of children with autism spectrum disorders, but not in the healthy controls.
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