Two of the nation's leading autism experts will offer a free public lecture Friday at Oregon Health & Science University.
David G. Amaral and Sally J. Rogers of the University of California, Davis, MIND Institute plan to speak on new advances in research and treatment.
They'll explain research on the role of prenatal autoimmune factors that lead to abnormal brain development in children who develop autism. And they'll describe early intervention programs that work in young children and may help resume normal developmental trajectories, according to an OHSU news release.
Amaral studies the brains of children with autism spectrum disorders and coordinates a multidisciplinary analysis of children with autism, the Autism Phenome Project, aiming to define biomedical characteristics of different types of autism that might lead to more effective treatments.
Rogers works with children with developmental disabilities and their families, especially young children with autism. She specializes in early intervention and developing treatment and educational interventions for persons with autism of all ages.
Their talk starts at 5 p.m. in the OHSU Auditorium, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road.
- Katy Muldoon
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Autism experts will give a free lecture Friday at OHSU