Date: October 19, 2026
Time: 3:45 pm to 5:15 pm
Room: Coral 1
Track: Cross-Cutting Special Interest Group (SIG)
Neurodevelopmental disorders affect individuals across the lifespan, influencing biological development, social functioning, and daily life. Patients, families, and caregivers often seek anticipatory guidance to better understand long-term outcomes and prepare for key life transitions.
This Special Interest Group session will bring together experts across neurodevelopmental conditions to explore their evolving, multidimensional impact. Presentations will highlight advances in biological mechanisms, address social and functional challenges across developmental stages, and examine ethical considerations in clinical care and long-term planning. Attendees will gain practical, lifespan-informed frameworks to support anticipatory guidance and improve care for patients and families.
At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to:
In this presentation, Dr. Gropman will discuss genomics advances in NDD diagnosis and therapy but raise ethical, legal, and social issues, including consent, equity, privacy, and stigma.
In this presentation, Dr. Ances will look at at blood based biomarkers across the lifespan of Down syndrome.