Next Meeting:	November 18, 2009 (Wednesday) 8:30 - 9:30am
Location:	CHDD 301
Contact:	(206) 221-6461 sjwebb@u.washington.edu
Topic:	Joint Visual Attention: Eyeing Social Cognition Dr. Rechele Brooks UW, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Readings:	Brooks & Meltzoff. (2002) The importance of eyes: how infants interpret adult looking behavior. Developmental psychology. Brooks & Meltzoff. (2008) Infant gaze following and pointing predict accelerated vocabularly growth through two years of age: a longitudinal, growth curve modeling study. J. Child Lang.

Archived Readings

Privacy & Identifiability in Genetics Research (from 9/16/09 meeting)
	Inferential genotyping of Y Chromosomes in Later Day Saints Founders and Comparison to Utah Samples in the Hap Map Project. Gitschier (2009). The America Journal of Human Genetics. Resolving individuals contributing trace amounts of DNA to highly complex mixtures using high density SNP genotyping microarrays. Homer et al. (2008). PLOS Genetics.

Thimerosal and the Search for Environmental Links to Autism: Science, the Media and Politics (from 6/17/09 meeting)
	Comparison of blood and brain mercury levels in infant monkeys exposed to methylmercury or vaccines containing thimerosal. Burbacher, Shen, Liberato, Grant, Cernichiari, & Clarkson (2005). Environmental Health Perspectives, 113, 8, 1015-1021. Early Thimerosal Exposure and Neuropsychological Outcomes at 7 to 10 Years. N Engl J Med 2007;357:1281-92.

Regression in Autism (from 3/18/09 meeting)

Regression, developmental trajectory and associated problems in disorders in the autism spectrum: the SNAP study. Baird G, Charman T, Pickles A, Chandler S, Loucas T, Meldrum D, Carcani-Rathwell I, Serkana D, Simonoff E. J Autism Dev Disord. 2008 Nov;38(10):1827-36. Regression of language and non-language skills in pervasive developmental disorders. Meilleur AA, Fombonne E. J Intellect Disabil Res. 2009 Feb;53(2):115-24.

Autism Task Force Guidebook
www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/mch/Autism/guidebook.htm
The guidebook created by the Autism Task Force contains a wealth of relevant information for families, educators, medical professionals, care providers, and others who make informed decisions about individual care of children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and related disorders.