
This issue of the SFARI newsletter includes: (1) SPARK update, (2) Simons Simplex Collection: Updated medical and educational data now available, (3) SFARI Gene: New data available, (4) SFARI at IMFAR 2017, (5) Presentations by SFARI Investigators at IMFAR 2017, (6) Special Interest Group at IMFAR 2017: Promoting partnerships between patient advocacy groups and researchers to improve autism research, (7) A Conversation with SFARI Investigator Liqun Luo, (8) Highlights of SFARI-funded research, (9) Past lecture: Stephan Sanders, “What can genetics tell us about autism spectrum disorder?”, (10) Past lecture: Mark Zylka, “Exploiting genetics to identify environmental risks for autism”.