Autism Meet in India Focusses on Mercury in Vaccines.

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Two-day meet on autism begins today Special Correspondent

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HYDERABAD: Treatment and therapy required to tackle autism disorders will be

discussed at a two-day conference here on January 25 and 26 under the auspices

of the Chennai-based Institute for Remedial Intervention Services (IRIS). The

Enhanced Auditory Rehabilitation Services, Lowell, Massachusetts (US) is the

co-organiser of the event. Mythily Chari, IRIS founder-director, and Praveen

Kumar, a private practioner, who will deliver a talk on Wednesday, told a press

conference here on Tuesday that the conference was being held in view of the

rising incidence of autism, a neurological disorder. The conference would

focus attention on various aspects of biomedical interventions, alternative

therapies and best education initiatives. The rising incidence of autism could

be brought down if mercury was removed from oral polio and Hepatitis B vaccines

administered to children, the doctor said While the administration of oral

vaccines was stopped in the US since January 2000, it was being continued in the

country, mostly at the instance of two or three multinational companies.

The IRIS founder-director could be contacted at 23313587, 9949466292 for further

information.