ANN ARBOR—Christopher Gillberg, an internationally known expert on autism, will deliver a lecture titled “Screening for Autistic Spectrum Disorders in the Community: Recent Findings” on
[Map of Central Campus, East Hall lower left center]

Co-sponsored by the U-M’s Institute for Human Adjustment and Department of Psychiatry, the lecture is free and open to the public.

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Professor and head of child psychiatry at Goteborg University in Sweden, Gillberg, M.D. and Ph.D., is the author of 20 books and more than 400 articles. He is the winner of the Fenstrom Award for Autism Studies, editor of the Swedish Medical Journal, and scientific adviser to the World Health Organization on child and adolescent psychiatry. He is best known for his population-based studies on the prevalence and nature of autism.

“Gillberg has shown that autism is not as rare as typically thought,” says Henry M. Wellman, professor of psychology and senior research scientist at the U-M Center for Human Growth and Development. “He has documented an increase in the prevalence of autism over the past 20 years, and is able to identify factors responsible for that increase.”

The lecture will be preceded at 4 p.m. by a reception on the fourth floor terrace of East Hall, also open to the public and accessible via the entrance across from the Church Street parking structure. Parking is available on the street, or a parking pass can be requested by calling (734) 764-8440 or e-mailing atelfer@umich.edu by April 21.

[Autism Society of America]

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