Fastest Growing Developmental Disability in the Country
The latest CDC statistics show the rate of autism as 1 in 110 children, yet there is still much to learn about the causes of this developmental disability. Researchers at Johns Hopkins and three other sites around the country are gathering data as early as prior to birth as part of the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI Study). Tonight we'll learn more about Autism, current treatments and the EARLI Study.
Rebecca Landa, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders and of the REACH research program, Kennedy Krieger Institute Kennedy Krieger Institute: About Dr. Landa