For more details, please see the Autism Speaks Canada page for this walk.
When: Sunday, September 21, 2014
Where: Rhapsody Plaza (the Dolphin Fountain), 1200 Water Street (Directions)
Parking and access is from the street or adjacent to the plaza.
Walk Distance: 3 km
Registration Opens: 8:30 am
Official Walk Start: 10:00 am
You can register online for free, or contact [email protected]
ACT’s Executive Director, Deborah Pugh, went to IMFAR 2014 in Atlanta in May 2014.
She reports that it was packed with presentations and posters and with 1,800 people attending, it was hard to see everything.
Autism Speaks provides a useful overview on their site, with summaries of talks, video interviews and highlights. You can also browse the IMFAR site for talk descriptions. For the first time ever, there was a large focus on the realities of adults with autism. The results were striking as these are large studies. The situation is likely to be very similar to Canada as these results were based on adults who had health insurance and was based on their medical records.
The ADDL and the Laurel Foundation is co-hosting 3 community events entitled, “ASD & Family Quality of Life Discussion Series.” The 3 themes will be: Families and School, Families and Transitions, and Families and Mental Health. More details are online. The first event will take place on January 18, 2014 from 1-4pm at Simon Fraser University (Burnaby).
The aim of these events is to facilitate discussion among a range of stakeholders, including individuals and their families, researchers, students, and professionals about important Quality of Life issues. These events are FREE and open to the public, so please join us and bring your questions, ideas, and comments to what is sure to be a lively discussion!
CIRCA Winter Colloquium Series 2014: Introduction to the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Promoting Collaboration with Dr. Mary McKenna and Janet Harder.
January 15th at 9:00 am: for more information and to RSVP.
On October 17th, Dr. Carole Zangari will speak on: “Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) in the Preschool Classroom: Infusing Core Language Intervention”
Details and RSVP online.
Description: Speech-language pathologists and educators supporting preschoolers with autism and other developmental disabilities often need to infuse AAC interventions into classroom activities and routines. In many therapeutic settings, however, there is not a systematic process for teaching core vocabulary. This presentation describes a curricular approach in which core language is taught using early literacy activities, such as shared reading and writing lessons, typical classroom routines, and play/learning activities.
