Social Media Toolkit

Social Media Toolkit

We invite you to tell a friend about SPARK. The more people who join, the more we’ll learn. Together, SPARK is a community of families, autistic adults, and researchers working to understand autism and improve lives. Share these images and messages on social media. Pass around the video. And use the text to tell a friend about SPARK or include SPARK in your next newsletter.

Thanks for helping us build awareness, trust, and community participation!

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Join SPARK — a community of families, autistic adults, and researchers working to understand autism and improve lives. https://www.SPARKforAutism.org #WeAreSPARK
SPARK is a groundbreaking study seeking to understand what makes each person with autism unique. https://www.SPARKforAutism.org #WeAreSPARK
With more than 300,000 participants, SPARK is the largest study of autism ever. There is a network of nearly 300 researchers at leading universities and autism centers working together. https://www.SPARKforAutism.org #WeAreSPARK
Through an innovative Research Match program, SPARK pairs participants with other autism studies to learn more about autism. Since its founding in 2016, 40,000 families have participated in more than 200 Research Match studies. Researchers are learning about gender identity, sleep, food selectivity, depression, and much more. To advance the understanding of autism, SPARK needs many more families and autistic adults to join. https://www.SPARKforAutism.org #WeAreSPARK
Tell a friend about SPARK. The more people who join, the more we’ll learn. With your help, we will advance autism research to increase understanding for generations to come. Join us! https://www.SPARKforAutism.org #WeAreSPARK
Sign up at SPARKforAutism.org in just 20 minutes. It’s online, simple, and free. Your data will always be safe and secure. https://www.SPARKforAutism.org #WeAreSPARK

Link to this video featuring Dr. Wendy Chung, SPARK’s Principal Investigator

Wendy Chung, M.D., Ph.D. shares the story of SPARK — what’s been accomplished, but also its mission and vision, and why it is critical that everyone in the autism community does their part. To learn more, please visit SPARKforAutism.org.

The address of the video on YouTube is: https://youtu.be/NxseQi0Y214.

Include SPARK in your Newsletter

Here is some text to include in your next community newsletter, blog, or website:

SPARK is a growing community of families, autistic adults, and researchers working to understand autism to improve lives. SPARK is studying autism across the lifespan to better understand what makes each person with autism unique — and how each child, adult, and family can receive the support they need to thrive.

To advance the understanding of autism, SPARK needs many more families and autistic adults to join SPARK. Together, with your help, SPARK is advancing autism research to increase understanding for generations to come. Join us!

SPARK is committed to research for the long term and seeks to understand autism by:

Inviting all individuals with a professional autism diagnosis and their families to join
Studying behavioral, medical, and genetic information from more than 300,000 participants
Partnering with 300 researchers at leading universities and autism centers
Sharing what we learn with participants and the public through our programming and online platforms

Join today at SPARKforAutism.org.