The day before the Conference, Dr Gordon Harper accompanied by officers of BACAMH visited the Center for Neurodevelopment and Autism, which had been established recently in BSMMU. This center is a government initiative to establish a nationwide pediatric neurodevelopment and autism-related management, training and research centre in Bangladesh. Dr Harper expressed his satisfaction after visiting the center. As autism is still a novel concept in Bangladesh, he believed that both this center and BACAMH could achieve a better management and outcome for children and their parents. Dr Harper also made a short visit to the “Autism Welfare Center” run by Dr Rownak Hafiz; again he felt satisfied and expressed his gratitude towards these centers who are working hard.
