Here's a message from my Autism Cymru colleague, Jennie Thomas, about our fourth international conference at the Town Hall in Cardiff, Wales (UK) on June 21-22, 2011. The likes of Temple Grandin are coming over to speak. It's going to be a terrific event:
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Hello,
Please find below some short snippets of information to whet your appetites for 4th International Autism Conference on 21st and 22nd June 2011. There is a fantastic line-up.
Please forward to anyone you feel will find this conference of interest.This conference is worth 10 CPD points for public health professionals and 2 days towards PRTL for the social care professionals.
Dr Temple Grandin is the most accomplished and well-known adult with autism in the world. major television programs, such as the BBC special "The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow". Dr.Grandin didn't talk until she was three and a half years old, communicating her frustration instead by screaming, peeping, and humming. In 1950, she was diagnosed with autism and her parents were told she should be institutionalized. She tells her story of "groping her way from the far side of darkness" in her book Emergence: Labelled Autistic, a book which stunned the world because, until its publication, most professionals and parents assumed that an autism diagnosis was virtuallya death sentence to achievement or productivity in life. The film of her life, Temple Grandin, has won a whole string of awards recently and is up for several Oscars at this year's Academy Awards.
Dr Brenda Smith Myles is an associate professor at the University of Kansas. She writes and speaks internationally on Asperger Syndrome and autism. Her recent books include Asperger Syndrome and Sensory Issues: Practical Solutions for Making Sense of the World, and Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments: Practical Solutions for Tantrums, Rage and Meltdowns
Dr Sally J. Rogers is a developmental psychologist and a Professor of Psychiatry at the M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California Davis. She is the principal investigator of several autism research projects. In addition to research, she is also a clinician, providing evaluation, treatment, and
consultation to children and adults with autism and their families. The intervention model that she developed with her colleagues at University
of Colorado Health Sciences Centre – the Denver Model - is internationally known. In the last ten years, she has worked closely with
public school districts to incorporate best practices in autism into inclusive educational programmes for children with autism.
Professor Tony Charman’s main research interest is the investigation of early social cognitive development in children with autism and the clinical application of this work via screening, epidemiological, intervention and 'at risk' studies. He is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and works in a clinic at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust where he works in a diagnostic service for children with complex neuro-developmental conditions.
Final words from Dr. Tony Attwood, world renowned expert on autism spectrum disorders: "Temple Grandin is my hero. She has my vote for the person who has provided the greatest advance in our understanding of autism this century."
For more information, please contact:
Jennie Thomas
Event Manager
Autism Cymru
Cardiff
E-mail: jennie@autismcymru.org
Saturday 12 February 2011
Thursday 10 February 2011
Awares site being re-launched soon!
Autism Cymru’s pioneering bilingual website, Awares, to be
re-launched shortly
Awares - the pioneering bilingual website started up by Autism Cymru, Wales’ national charity, in December 2002 - will be re-launched shortly. At its 2002 launch, the then Welsh Minister for Health and Social Services, Jane Hutt, called Awares a key building block in the establishment of the unique national autism strategy in Wales.
The new-look Awares, edited by Adam Feinstein – who also runs the highly acclaimed Awares annual international online autism conference and edits Autism Cymru’s international web portal, AutismConnect - will be bigger and better than ever. The new structure will allow the administrators more immediate access to, and control over, all aspects of the site, allowing it to be updated at the touch of a button. It will keep users fully informed of the very latest autism research findings, news and views and facilities to provide vital assistance to people with autism, their relatives, hands-on practitioners and medical staff in Wales.
Awares will continue to host monthly on-line seminars where users have the unprecedented opportunity to put their questions directly to top experts from the world of autism. Previous presenters at these seminars have included Lorna Wing and Donna Williams. A separate discussion forum will allow users to exchange views with each other on a wide range of issues. There will also be blogs by a variety of contributors.
The new site includes an on-line library with video- and audio-clips of presentations by leading world autism authorities, in-depth and up-to-the-moment articles on many issues - such as diagnosis, sensory problems and the latest thinking on Asperger’s syndrome - and a special section on autism and the criminal justice system. There will also be information on training, including details of Deis-Cyfle – a three-day training package and self-evaluation tool developed jointly by Autism Cymru and the Irish Society with the aim of increasing employability and providing greater opportunities for school leavers with autism spectrum disorder.
There will also be a list of the events being organised by Autism Cymru and a section featuring useful links, including ways of contacting local authorities and schools in Wales.
For more information about this unique and invaluable online resource for Wales, please contact Adam Feinstein at adam.m.feinstein@gmail.com
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