**Acknowledgements**

Preparation of this manuscript was supported by a grant from The FAR Fund. The themes of this chapter were informed by a public policy roundtable entitled 'Toddlers with Autism in New York City', held at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in March 2011. Roundtable participants included: Peter H. Bell, Autism Speaks; Alice S. Carter, Univer‐ sity of Massachusetts at Boston; Susan L. Hyman, University of Rochester; Michael Ganz, Harvard University; Barbara Kalmanson, ICDL Graduate School; Gary Mesibov, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Donna M. Noyes-Grosser, NYS Department of Health; Marilyn Rubinstein, New York Presbyterian Hospital; Laura Slatkin, New York Center for Autism; Wendy Stone, University of Washington; Fred R. Volkmar, Yale University; Amy Wetherby, Florida State University. Information about the event is available online: www.hunter.cuny.edu/autismroundtable.
