5025.1: Wednesday, November 15, 2000: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | ||||
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| This session will address current questions in the epidemiology of autism and pervasive developmental disorders, including issues of increasing prevalence, more frequently reported clusters, extent of societal burden and unknown etiology. Topics include development of surveillance systems for autism/PDD, etiology of autism/PDD, including possible heritable genetic determinants and environmental and gene-environmental determinants, autism clusters, experiences from past/ongoing investigations, and prospects for the future | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| Craig J. Newschaffer, PhD | ||||
| Introductory presentation: Secular trends in autism prevalence Craig J. Newschaffer, PhD | ||||
| Examining the prevalence of autism in community-based studies Coleen A. Boyle, PhD, J Bertrand, CC Murphy, M Yeargin-Allsopp, MD | ||||
| Genetics and the etiology of autism spectrum disorders Susan Folstein, MD | ||||
| Environmental factors in the etiology of autism spectrum disorders Frank J Bove, ScD | ||||
| Q&A session | ||||
| Sponsor: | Epidemiology | |||
| Cosponsors: | Disability Forum; Mental Health | |||