Conrad Simon Memorial Research Initiative: Site Map

Working papers:	Viewpoint on the brain disorder in autism (2003)								View in 2000
	Cerebral blood flow and metabolism are greatest in the auditory system, which can become impaired in many of the medical conditions associated with autism.
and notes:	The auditory system					The inferior colliculus		Hemoglobin & the brain
	The earliest maturing system of the brain.					The brain center of highest metabolic rate.		A protective biofeedback mechanism.
	Concepts of autism				Autism spectrum disorders				Social responsibility
	Kraepelin, Heller, Kanner, Asperger.				Broader autism phenotype (BAP) genetic or environmental?				Who cares for disabled people?
	Neurology 2000/ A discussion
	Discussion of papers in the journal Neurology, January 2000.						Red Flags    Site Map     Home
Updates:	Autism prevalence			Obstetric error?			Work in progress		IACC
	Change in childbirth practices.			Fetal to neonatal respiration.			Environmental hazards.		Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee.
									New decade
									Need for oversight.

Conrad Simon Memorial Research Initiative.					Conrad Simon			Eileen Nicole Simon
To promote discussion of language disorder, and underlying impairments in the brain .					Traumatic birth. Death from Thorazine overdose.			Conrad's mom, biochemist, computer scientist, nurse.
					Pictures			Publications
					Conrad and his brothers			Papers/ letters on autism.