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The University of Missouri on Thursday announced a $1 million gift toward autism research and services.
Alumni Bill and Nancy Thompson will establish the Ron Ashworth Endowed Professorship in Child Development with the money. Ashworth has been a big supporter of people with neurodevelopmental disability issues, and MU’s Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
MU says the waiting list for patients at the Thompson Center to get services sometimes takes nearly a year because of high demand.
