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5941 The Autism Revolution: Whole Body Strategies for Making Life All It Can Be
Thursday, July 26, 2012: 1:15 PM-2:45 PM
Pacific Salon 1 (Town and Country Resort and Convention Center)
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The science of autism as a whole body system condition is maturing. Research is demonstrating contributions from gut microbes, immune and infectious issues. Whole brain health impacts how well we can learn and think. Stress, allergies, sleep, sensory thresholds, attention and learning are all linked. We will review practical everyday implications for how we eat, take care of our physical environments and manage stress for ourselves and our autistic loved ones that can make living and functioning go much better.
Learning Objectives:
- To understand how science is rapidly emerging to support a systematic science based whole-body, whole-brain approach to making life all it can be for every person with autism.
- To understand how brain and behavior issues have roots in problems with the body's cells, and how this understanding empowers you to open many avenues of constructive intervention.
- To understand how "brain chaos" (seizures, sensory and sleep issues, stereotypies and more) has roots in the physical aspects of the brain - cells, blood flow, cell membranes, energy - and how brain chaos can be calmed so creativity can flourish.
- To learn to use biology, learning and creativity in partnership to "transcend autism" by losing the pain and confusion and keeping the gifts.
Content Area: Current Biomedical Research
Presenter:
Martha R. Herbert, Ph.D., M.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurology (Pediatric)
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Martha Herbert is a Harvard pediatric neurologist who authored the book "The Autism Revolution: Whole-Body Strategies For Making Life All It Can Be". Her TRANSCEND Research Program takes a whole body approach to brain imaging, studying structure, function and brain tissue, to understand brain change in development, regression and treatment response.
