Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that the central government will ask the Medical Council of India (MCI) to ensure that under-graduate and post-graduate medical curriculum includes autism.

Azad said the health ministry would ask state governments to collect data and compile and analyse it.
Seeking a greater and systematic approach on autism, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi said people should come forward to help children afflicted with such disorders.
"There are eight million people with autism and other development disorders in India. This calls for greater and more systematic approach on the issue," Gandhi said inaugurating the conference.
She said mothers of children with autism and other development disorders suffer a lot by thinking about the future of their children.
"Life-long afflicted children need life-long support. For this, we should come forward and help them," she said.
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The International Conference on Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Disabilities held in July 2011 at Dhaka was a momentous event in this regard, the minister said.
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India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Bhutan, Democratic Republic of Korea, Indonesia, the Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Timor-Leste were the countries which took part in the conference.
Source-IANS