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3740 Medical and Biomedical Treatments for Autism: Past, Present and Future.

Friday, July 11, 2008: 3:30 PM-4:45 PM

Sun Ballroom 3 (Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center)

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Treatments were originally designed as pragmatic responses to problematic behaviours. Early, psychoanalytically based theories led to treatments both ineffective and cruel. In reaction, medical models developed and these led to over-reliance upon pharmaceutical interventions which have been less effective than had been anticipated. Appropriate treatment requires recognition of genetically controlled fragilities and the involvement of a variety of environmental triggers. Effective treatment requires that we recognise the mechanisms involved in each individual and develop an array of appropriate interventions. This has yet to be written in detail. Although I have an outline plan of what I wish to present I prefer not to write a full account if this is not likely to be accepted. I would not be prepared to offer a recycled version of something that I have already written or presented elsewhere.

If there is some indication of likelihood of acceptance I will willingly submit a fuller account.

Learning Objectives:

to understand how interventions have developed in line with theoretical interpretations of ASDs.
to appreciate that understanding of autism evolves and interventions have changed and will change.
to see how treatment protocols have been influenced by cultural and economic factors as much as science.
to appreciate that people with autism differ markedly and that different interventions are appropriate for individual needs.
to understand where research is leading us and why we are optimistic for the future.

Content Area: Medicine and Research

Presenter:

Paul Edward Gilbert Shattock, Parent, Researcher.
Research Director
Autism Research Unit, University of Sunderland

Parent of man, aged 37. with severe autism. Qualified in Pharmacy and taught related subjects for 30 years. Chairman of a charity (ESPA) providing services in England. Honorary Secretary World Autism Organisation. Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by the Queen in 1998

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