Summer Autism Institute: Critical Issues in Facilitated Communication

The NLM Family Foundation provided support for the Summer Autism Institute: Critical Issues in Facilitated Communication, a three-day conference designed to examine current issues and research in the education and treatment of autism, pervasive developmental disorders, and related communication and behavior disorders. The conference was coordinated by Anne Larkin, Susan Gurry, Patricia Crain de Galarce, and Diane Fitzgerald. Experts from the fields of neurology, psychology, special education, education, speech and language pathology, as well as persons who use facilitated communication gave presentations.