Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center

Our Friends at the Freddie Ford Family Foundation have opened registration for the wonderful summer Camp Ausome!

2026 Camp Volunteer Application Please click the link to complete this form.

To our families, partners, and community: You are invited to our special Grand Opening Celebration and public open house on May 8, 2026! Please plan to join us for a memorable morning of tours, interactive activities (including opportunities to play on the playground!), and presentations from Thompson Foundation founders Bill and Nancy Thompson, state officials, University of Missouri leadership, and other longtime supporters of the Thompson Center and its families. Please let us know that you'll be celebrating with us by registering at this link: thompsonfoundation.org/grandopening

We are deeply grateful to our generous supporters, especially the Thompson Foundation for Autism & Neurodevelopment, and to all the dedicated teams who made our extraordinary new home a reality. We can’t wait to celebrate with you!