Professor Elliott Sherr is a Professor in Neurology and Pediatrics at the Institute of Human Genetics at the University of California, San Francisco. He directs the Brain Development Research Program, a group that studies the genetics and biology of autism and epilepsy. He is also a member of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative. His public lecture given on 8 May 2017, covers the latest research insights into autism, epilepsy, intellectual disabilities and other key neurodevelopment disorders in children.