Purpose of the Workshop:

The workshop featured presentations and discussions on strategies for research focusing on the potential relationship between autism and an array of environmental exposures. This is a stand-alone workshop and is not part of an ongoing study by the IOM.

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Workshop Proceedings and Presentations:

A publicly available proceedings of the workshop has been prepared in accordance with institutional policy and procedures and published by the National Academies Press. The proceedings is not a consensus document, and thus does not contain findings or recommendations by the planning committee. Opinions and statements included in the proceedings are solely those of the individual persons or participants at the workshop, and are not necessarily adopted or endorsed or verified as accurate by the National Academies. The proceedings are now available online.

Copies of speaker presentations and audio files are available for download from the workshop agenda page.  

NOTE:  These are unedited audiofiles of the Workshop on Autism and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunities for Research, held on April 18-19, 2007, and is not an official report of National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Engineering, or the National Research Council (collectively the “National Academies”)   Opinions and statements included in the transcript are solely those of the individual persons or participants at the workshop, and are not necessarily adopted or endorsed or verified as accurate by the National Academies. 

Workshop Planning Committee:

An ad hoc planning committee was appointed by the IOM to organize the workshop. It included representatives from the Neuroscience Forum, NIH, and members of the advocacy community to assist in the organization and planning of this event.

Contact Us:

Do you have questions concerning this project? Please send an email to neuroforum@nas.edu.