Unraveling How Autism Disrupts the Early Brain (UCLA - IDDRC)

A UCLA study that is the first to map autism-risk genes by function and uncover how mutations in the genes disrupt fetal brain development was widely reported in recent news, including this Nov. 21 article by HealthDay News.


Read an excerpt from the HealthDay News article below, and the entire HealthDay News article here.
Research Probes Autism's Origins in the Brain
Two studies identify gene mutations that act together to disrupt the brain's wiring before birth
By Brenda Goodman
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- Two research teams say they have pinpointed how changes in genes linked to autism act together to disrupt normal brain development.


AUCD - Unraveling How Autism Disrupts the Early Brain (UCLA - IDDRC)

"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."

Early Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorders Learning Module available

Early identification of ASD is a topic of much national attention, and for which we need sound practices in child find and outreach as well as valid and reliable measures for surveillance, screening and diagnosis.
Early Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorders Learning Module available | autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu

View the Early Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) learning module.

 

 

 

The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders is a multi-university center to promote the use of evidence-based practice for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. The Center operates through three sites that include the FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the M.I.N.D. Institute at University of California at Davis Medical School, and the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Each year, three states are selected through a competitive application process for a two-year partnership with the Professional Development Center. The Center works in coordination with each state’s Department of Education, Part C agency, and University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities to provide professional development to teachers and practitioners who serve individuals from birth through twenty-two years with autism spectrum disorders.

 

 

"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."