About Us

I welcome and express my gratitude to every person visiting our web site. We remain dedicated to funding research to find a cure for autism, a disorder that drastically impairs normal development in children and devastates their families.

In 1988, one in every 2,500 children had autism. In 2004, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimated that one in 166 American children had autism and that in England this number is higher. I regard this alarming rise in the number of children with autism as an epidemic. Because I have always believed in a good fight, in 2001, I established the non-profit Ted Lindsay Foundation with my friend John Czarnecki, whose son, Dominic, is a child with autism. We continue to raise money to fund groundbreaking research on the cause and treatment of autism.

Through your support, we have already raised over 1.5 million dollars - all of it dedicated specifically to research projects that we choose with input from Dr. Andrew Wakefield. The work is carried out by Dr. Wakefield's research group, which works for and reports to us. This research has made significant progress and has been published worldwide. To date, it has resulted in the important discovery of inflammatory bowel disease in children with autism, understanding the minute details of the bowel disease with an aim to identifying new treatments, and identifying the cause of the bowel disease and autism.

I am pleased to note that we do not have administrative costs for rent, phone, or employees. The members of our small Board of Directors, Advisory Board, and Ted Lindsay Foundation Committee are all volunteers, and I am grateful to them for their hard work.. Because of this commitment, all the money we raise goes directly to ongoing research to find the cause of autism and how to treat it now.

Thank you,
Ted Lindsay