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1510 Brain, Body and Environment in Autism: Effective Responses to Unprecedented Challenges to Human Development

Saturday, July 25, 2009

New Orleans Ballroom (Pheasant Run Resort and Conference Center)

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Evolutionarily unprecedented stressors are overwhelming brain and body systems and require unprecedented types of partnerships to respond effectively to the impacts on children, adults, their families, schools, community and culture.

Martha R. Herbert, Ph.D., M.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurology (Pediatric)
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Martha R. Herbert is a pediatric neurologist researching large brains and changes in brain function in autism, functional changes in systemic metabolism and their potential relation to brain, and systems models of autism. Other presentations include ASA (2006 keynote), Institute of Medicine, Society for Neuroscience, Child Neurology Society, and Neurotoxicology.