Scarsdale resident Alison Singer has launched a new not-for-profit organization called the Autism Science Foundation, dedicated to supporting and funding autism research. Singer previously served as Executive Vice President and Board Member of Autism Speaks.

Singer resigned from Autism Speaks in January of this year, citing disagreement with the group’s decision to continue to fund more vaccine related research despite multiple scientific studies exonerating vaccines as a cause of autism.

Other founding board members of the Autism Science Foundation are Karen London, co-founder of the National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) and Dr. Paul Offit, of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.  Both Singer and London are parents of children with autism.  Singer will serve as President of the new organization.  She is former co-chair of Scarsdale CHILD (Children Having Individual Learning Differences).

The Autism Science Foundation is endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (APP), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  To learn more, visit www.autismsciencefoundation.org