With your support, we can bring down the waitlist for more than 2,000 children waiting for a diagnostic evaluation and support more than 231,000 Missouri children who stand to benefit from the Thompson Center’s life-changing services and compassionate care.
Join us in our commitment to build a new family-centric, world-class Thompson Center, expanding their national leadership in the field of autism and neurodevelopment services, training, and research.
Your investment will provide these extraordinary life-changing initiatives and so much more.
- Expand capacity and increase the number of specialists and annual visits by more than two-fold to meet the demand for clinical services.
- Open an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), serving children ages 3-19 struggling with severe behaviors that prevent them safely attending school or residing at home. The IOP will be a first of it’s kind in Missouri, filling a large gap between outpatient and inpatient services for the entire region.
- State-of-the-art facilities that complement and accelerate diverse and evidence-based research by our renowned faculty.
Some of the features of the new space will include:
- Adaptive and inclusive playground
- Indoor Therapy gym (MAZe)
- Life skills room and training café
- Group therapy rooms
- Training and conference center
- Discovery and research center
- Easy-to-navigate entrance and drop-off area
AFFECTING 1 IN 31 CHILDREN.
Additionally, 1 in 6 children has a developmental disability or delay.
The Thompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopment is strengthening children and families impacted by autism and neurodevelopmental diagnoses through world class programs that integrate research, clinical service delivery, education, and public policy across Missouri and beyond.
Walk thru the New Thompson Center under construction with Dr. Connie Brooks, Executive Director, and Dr. Benjamin Black, Medical Director of the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment.
Thompson Center Topping Out Ceremony, August 2024