Abstracts of 13 papers given at a 1983 conference on autistic children are presented: "Autism--Is There a Neurological Basis?" (G. McKhann); "The Syndrome of Autism: A Medical Model" (E. Ritvo) (full paper); "Neuropsychological Testing of Peripheral and Central Communicative Disorders" (H. Mark); "A Psychiatrist Views the Neurological Basis of the Communicative Disorders" (P. Wolff); "Behavioral Mannerisms of the Blind Infant and Child (A Synopsis)" (J. Bond); "Specific Learning Disability: A Communicative Disorder" (B. Shapiro); "Normal and Abnormal Development of Feeding (J. Bosma); "The Relationship between Oromotor Dysfunction and General Movement Development" (R. Alexander); "Oromotor Facilitation in Pre-Speech" (R. Alexander); "Management of the Child with Speech Motor Dysfunction" (S. Blackstone); "The Neurology of Oromotor Dysfunction and Language Disorders" (H. Singer); "Genetics of Autism" (J. Farber); and "Metabolic Approaches to Autism and Related Disorders" (H. Moser). (CL)