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The US National Institutes of Health issued a call for recommendations about priorities for research on Autism. Under the title “Request for Information (RFI): Research Priorities for the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD),” the agency is seeking “input from ASD stakeholders such as individuals with ASD and their families, autism advocates, scientists, health professionals, therapists, educators, state and local programs for ASD, and the public at large about what they consider to be high-priority research questions.”

Friday 4 January 2008 is the last day for submitting recommendations.

We are interested in receiving your input and ideas about what are high-priority questions and issues for advancing research on ASD. We ask for your constructive and specific suggestions in the following areas (please refer to the above descriptions for each area).

What topics or issues need to be addressed to advance research on the:

1. Treatment of ASD?
2. Diagnosis of ASD?
3. Risk factors for ASD?
4. Biology of ASD?
5. Other areas of ASD research?

The agency asked that people submit responses to iacc|||@|||mail.nih.gov (remove the pipes). Read the full RFI here.