Local Autism Treatments (PE729) Our final petition is PE729, on funding a conference on autism. The petitioner calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to fund a two-day conference on autism treatment so that parents, professionals and medical doctors can receive information and practical advice on screening and testing of autistic children and adults, which would lead to individually tailored treatment protocols, such as are emergent in the USA.At our meeting on 12 May 2004, the committee agreed to establish whether the petitioner had made a direct approach to the Scottish Executive about funding for such a conference on autism treatments.