9th Annual International Meeting For Autism Research ... - Confex

Program
Invited Educational Symposium
106 The Ethics of Communicating Scientific
Findings of Autism Risk
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM - Grand Ballroom F Level 5
Moderator: C. Newschaffer; Drexel University School of Public
Health
Research on the etiology of autism spectrum disorder
(ASD) is increasingly focused on complex genetic and
environmental mechanisms. Findings from major new
initiatives have the potential to enrich understanding of
ASD etiology. Given the intensity of public debate about
causes for ASD, communication of scientific findings
relating to its etiology presents significant challenges
and demands sensitivity. Further difficulties may arise
because of challenges involved in communicating
potential or realized environmental and genetic risks
shown to be associated with ASD. This complexity
demands an understanding of the ethical implications
associated with scientific findings on autism. However,
little attention has been given to the ethics of autism
research and challenges involved in communicating
complex findings of autism research to the public. In
October 2009 a two-day meeting entitled “The Ethics
of Communicating Scientific Findings of Autism Risk,”
brought together leading ASD stakeholders and leaders
in relevant areas of risk communication, bioethics,
children’s health, and community welfare. This IES
will provide a summary of key aspects presented and
discussed in the October meeting that relate most
directly to how research findings are communicated by
autism scientists.
1:30 106.001
Overview. C. Newschaffer*, Drexel University School of Public
Health
2:00 106.002
Ethical issues surrounding ASD risk communication. H. Tabor*,
University of Washington School of Medicine
2:30 106.003
Funding and Advocacy Organizations. G. Dawson*, Autism Speaks
3:00 106.004
Ethical and Risk Communication Guidelines. M. Yudell*, Drexel
University School of Public Health
Thursday May 20 – PM
1:30-3:30P IES: The Ethics of Communicating Scientifi c Risk (Grand Ballroom F Lvl 5) 1:00-5:30P Posters
Oral Session: Communication & Language Oral Session: Neurophysiology (Grand Ballroom AB Oral Session: Brain Imaging 1 (Grand Ballroom
& Exhibits
1:30-3:30P
(Grand Ballroom CD Lvl 5)
Lvl 5)
E Lvl 5)
(Franklin Hall B
Lvl 4)
3:30-4:00P Break (Franklin Hall B Lvl 4)
Social Function,
4:00-4:30P Tom Insel: IACC Update: (Grand Ballroom AF Lvl 5)
Developmental
Stages, Treatment,
Lifetime Achievement Award and Presentations (Grand Ballroom AF Lvl 5)
4:30-6:00P
Clinical Phenotype &
Edward R. Ritvo: “Forty Years Along The Research Trail”
Cognition
6:00-8:00P Reception ( Franklin Hall A Lvl 4)
Oral Sessions
107 Brain Imaging 1
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM - Grand Ballroom E Level 5
1:30 107.001
A Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study of White Matter in
Autism. T. W. Frazier* 1 , J. Stanley 2 , N. J. Minshew 3 , M. S. Keshavan 4
and A. Y. Hardan 5 , (1)Cleveland Clinic, (2)Wayne State University,
(3)University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, (4)Harvard Medical
School, (5)Stanford University School of Medicine/Lucile Packard
Children’s Hospital
1:45 107.002
Abnormal Brain Response to Language Stimuli in Sleeping Infants
and Toddlers with ASD. L. T. Eyler* 1 , K. Pierce 2 and E. Courchesne 2 ,
(1)University of California San Diego, (2)University of California, San
Diego
2:00 107.003
Abnormal Fusiform Gyrus Response to Low but Not High Spatial
Frequency Face Information in Autism. K. M. Curby* 1 , M. Riley 2 , D.
W. Grupe 3 , E. T. Hunyadi 2 and R. T. Schultz 4 , (1)Temple University,
(2)Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, (3)University of Wisconsin-
Madison, (4)Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University
of Pennsylvania
2:15 107.004
Biological Motion Perception in Autism and Unaffected Siblings.
C. M. Hudac* 1 , S. Shultz 2 , S. M. Lee 1 , C. Cheung 1 , D. Sugrue 1 , A.
Voos 1 , C. A. Saulnier 3 , B. C. Vander Wyk 1 and K. A. Pelphrey 1 , (1)Yale
University, (2)Yale School of Medicine, (3)Yale University School of
Medicine
2:30 107.005
Social Brain Abnormalities in Very Young Children with Autism. N.
Chabanne* 1 , C. Amiet 2 , A. Bargiacchi 3 , N. Boddaert 4 , L. Laurier 5 , E.
Duchesnay 6 and M. Zilbovicius 5 , (1)INSERM U797, Robert Debre
Hospital, AP-HP, (2)Salpetriere Hospital, APHP, (3)U797 INSERM
CEA, (4)Hospital Necker, (5)Research Unit U797 ‘’Neuroimaging
and Psychiatry’’, CEA - INSERM, (6)Research Unit U797
‘’Neuroimaging and Psychiatry’’, CEA - INSERM and NeuroSpin,
CEA
2:45 107.006
Neural Correlates of the Interaction of Gaze Direction and Facial
Expression in Individuals with Autism. E. J. Carter* 1 , D. L. Williams 2 ,
N. J. Minshew 3 and K. A. Pelphrey 4 , (1)Carnegie Mellon University,
(2)Duquesne University, (3)University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, (4)Yale University
Thursday – PM
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