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Show National Autism Confab - To Be Held In Salt Laice a annual meeting and :nce of the National y for Children and rith Autism will be held lotel L'tah in Salt Lake J 12-16. according to Warren, executive r of the organization in pon. D C" FTNI day confab will : an autism research sium and the annual ! for parents and pro-ils pro-ils of the organization, kiilar interest will be a SauonbyDr. Edward R. I'CLA Medical School. t!1 present findings on ih-centered study of the drug Fenfluramine and its effects on autistic children and young adults. A preliminary study which was reported in the "New England En-gland Journal of Medicine" last spring showed the experimental ex-perimental drug, commonly used in diet medication, had a significant efTecl on the social and intellectual functioning of three autistic boys. Since that time, the drug has been administered admi-nistered experimentally to autistic au-tistic persons throughout the country. Other presentors include in-clude .Martha Bridge Denckla, M.D., Chief, Section on Autism, Aut-ism, of the National Institute of Neurological Communicative Communica-tive Disease and Stroke. ALTISM, a condition once considered to be caused by inadequate in-adequate parenting, is now know n to be a neurological disorder. dis-order. This disability severely impairs the way sensory input is processed, causing problems prob-lems in communication, social behavior and in learning. It typically appears during the first thirty months of life. Sy mptoms of Autism occur in approximately 15 out of every ev-ery 10,000 births, and are four times more common in males than females. It has been found throughout the world in families fami-lies of all racial, ethnic and social so-cial backgrounds. No factors in the psychological environment environ-ment of a child hav ben shown to cause Autism. Research is taking place in the filds of neurology and biochemistry. PRESENTATIONS at the conference will focus on current cur-rent research in effective educational edu-cational techniques for educating educat-ing these children. Parents, educators, and the interested public are invited to attend. Information In-formation on registration can be obtained from the Utah Society for Autistic Children, 668 S. 1300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102, telephone 583-7049 or 581-0194. Local presentors will include: in-clude: Andrew L. Gallegos, director, Utah Department of Social Services, Dr. William R. Jenson, Director, Children's Chil-dren's Behavior Therapy Unit and Dr. Sebastian Streiffel, Utah State University. |
