Updates from I-ACC, late prematurity and language development

About this episode

This episode discusses the Independent Autism Coordinating Committee's meeting and highlights research on autism prevalence and language development interventions.

What is the Independent Autism Coordinating Committee and why did it meet? This week’s podcast discusses the need and the agenda of Thursday’s meeting. In addition, more research showing that epidemiologists should consider different features of autism together with prevalence numbers because they may differ across the spectrum. Finally, different types of language development are seen in those with autism, so interventions should address these differences. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41786477 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41789365 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41849261

Topics covered

• autism
• language development
• epidemiology
• research
• prematurity

Keywords

• Independent Autism Coordinating Committee
• epidemiologists
• autism spectrum
• language development
• interventions

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