Community Responses to Autism: Public Health and Public Policy Challenges

The NLM Family Foundation provided support for a conference on policy issues in the delivery of care and services to individuals with autism entitled, “Community Responses to Autism: Public Health and Public Policy Challenges”. This event was held at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in June of 2005. Topics of discussion included Early Identification and Diagnosis, Funding Issues, Models of Care, Legal Rights Within the System, and Coordination of Medical Care.