A lot of research has been applied to structural studies of the brains of people with autism. MRI technology emerged in the 1980s and by the 1990’s groups were applying it to autism. More recently, fMRI (functional MRI) has been available, and many of the same teams are working with that.
Two of the [...]

The main “product” if you will of the IACC is the “Strategic Plan”. This, not surprisingly, is a plan to coordinate the research directions that the government funded agencies should undertake.
As part of the process, they have published a “Request for Input“, or RFI. They want comments on the draft version of the [...]

The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee–the group that is working to come up with a plan for how the government should spend money on autism research–has asked for input. This is an “RFI” or “request for information”, from the services subcommittee.
Follow the link for more details, but here are some segments worth noting:
Information Requested
The IACC [...]

There is a recent paper out on mitochondrial mutations and made the news. The LeftBrain/RightBrain blog discussed this some, but since Mitochondrial medicine in currently a hot-topic in the autism community, I was planning on taking a close look at the paper. But, “Prometheus” at the “Photon in the Darkness” blog has taken [...]

I mentioned that the IACC was having a meeting of the “Implementation Workgroup” previously. The meeting was held today.
If you are wondering, they are very easy to “attend”. You can either call in to a listen-only line or you can also watch the presentations they are working on. For this meeting, the presentation [...]

There are a number of blogs that I have found useful and/or informative. I’ll be adding those to the blogroll on the right. As I do, will likely add a post like this about the blog.
The first blog I’ve chosen* is “AutismVox“. Kristina Chew writes it. Kristina (just in case you [...]

There is going to be a meeting of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee on August 8.
Follow the link above for a description of the IACC, but it is basically what it sounds like: a committee to coordinate the government’s research efforts in autism.
Copied below is the email discussing this. This is exactly the sort [...]