IACC Meeting this Tuesday

The U.S. Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) will meet this Tuesday, April 8. The meeting will be held at the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. For those who can not attend in person, the meeting is videocast live and a listen-in conference call number is available (Dial: 888-950-8042, Access code: 8689681)

The draft agenda is below.

9:00 AM Welcome, Introductions, Roll Call and Approval of Minutes

Thomas Insel, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Chair, IACC

Susan Daniels, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Autism Research Coordination (OARC), NIMH and
Executive Secretary, IACC

9:15 Science Update

Thomas Insel, M.D.
Director, NIMH and Chair, IACC

9:30 CDC Prevalence

Jon Baio, Ed.S.
Epidemiologist
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

10:00 Birth to 5: Watch Me Thrive!

Linda Smith
Deputy Assistant Secretary and Inter-Departmental Liaison
Early Childhood Development
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

10:15 Break

10:30 The White House BRAIN Initiative

Story Landis, Ph.D.
Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

10:45 Autism Research Program (ARP), Congressionally Directed Medical
Research Programs (CDMRP)

Donna Kimbark, Ph.D.
Program Manager, Autism Research Program, Congressionally Directed
Medical Research Programs
U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

11:15 Teaching a Neurodiversity Course

John Elder Robison
Self Advocate, Parent, Author
Neurodiversity Scholar in Residence
College of William & Mary

11:35 Lunch

1:00 PM Public Comment

1:45 Discussion of Public Comment

2:00 Services Research for Autism Spectrum Disorder across the Lifespan
(ServASD)

Denise Juliano-Bult, M.S.W.
Program Chief, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

2:15 TBD

2:30 Committee Business

Thomas Insel, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Chair, IACC

Susan Daniels, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Autism Research Coordination (OARC), (NIMH) and
Executive Secretary, IACC

3:30 Break

3:45 Committee Business – continued

4:00 Round Robin

5:00 Adjournment

Note: I serve as a public member to the IACC but all statements here and elsewhere are my own.

—
By Matt Carey