CANDID is forming working groups of researchers and experts with the aim to:

• Begin the development of a catalog of existing clinical and genetic data repositories maintained by individual organizations with relevance to exploratory research into digestive diseases in the autism and NDD community

• Publish a summary of the discussion and consensus in the scientific literature, and develop a web page as a resource for shared repositories and facilitation of collaboration

• Inform postgraduate medical education for pediatric and adult GI fellows focused on the needs of patients with neurodevelopmental disorders and ASD.