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April 2004
 Congressional
Appropriations Committee Report on
the State of Autism Research
The Conference Report
on the Consolidated Appropriations Bill for FY 2003, which
included the appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services and Education and related agencies, (Conference
Report No. 108-10), requested that the Interagency Autism
Coordinating Committee (IACC) convene a panel of expert scientists
to evaluate the field of autism research and develop a matrix of
action items that could be used in planning for research in the
years ahead. This report summarizes the activities that followed
this request, which included a 2-day meeting of an expert panel,
the development of a draft version of an autism research matrix,
the public rollout and discussion of that draft matrix at the
recent Autism Summit, and the adoption of an initial version of
the matrix by the IACC. The specific action items of the matrix
are presented in this document, along with explanatory notes and
initial plans for implementation. A background summary of the
state of autism research in the major areas of epidemiology,
genetics, neurobiology and treatment is also included.
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