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LivingSuccessfulLiveswithAutismandDevelopingPersonalRelationships:
TransitionsforLife–TheFutureofAutismDecember 9th 2010 - - Holiday Inn University – Blacksburg
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (registration – 7:30-8:30 a.m.)
Presenters:
SeanBarron,co‐authorwithDr.TempleGrandinofUnwri'enRulesofSocialRela2onshipsandco‐authorofThere’saBoyinHere:EmergingfromtheBondsofAu2sm.Dis8nguishedspeakeron‘hisreleasefromtheterrifyingimprisonmentofhisownmind’asachildwithau8sm,SeancurrentlyisasuccessfuljournalistinOhio.
BarbaraProtopapa,au8smself‐advocateandspecialist.Diagnosedwithau8smatage3,BarbaraworksattheRichCenterforAu8smatYoungstownUniversity,Youngstown,Ohio.
DavidHamrick,dis8nguishedna8onalspeakeronau8sm.Diagnosedwithau8smatage3,DavidreceivedaMastersDegreeinMeteorologyfromNorthCarolinaStateUniversityandiscurrentlyworkingfortheU.S.WeatherServiceinWashington,D.C
LindseyNebeker,dis8nguishedna8onalspeakeronau8sm.Lindseyisaself‐advocatewhowasdiagnosedwithau8smatage3.SheearnedaB.A.inmusicfromtheCollegeofSantaFe,NewMexico.Lindseyembracesindependenceinherlifeandtheopportunitytoadvocateforchildrenwithseveredisabili8es,especiallythosewithau8sm.
MarkHartmann,youngentrepreneurandself‐advocateforpersonswithdisabili8es.Diagnosedwithau8smattheageofthree,MarkgraduatedfromBlacksburgHighSchoolwithastandardacademicdiploma.Hehasseveralpart‐8mejobsandcon8nuestopursuehighereduca8onthroughon‐lineclasseswithPhoenixUniversity.
Addi<onalinforma<on:[email protected]
Transitions for Life – The Future of Autism is a unique opportunity to hear from leaders in the field of autism sharing from their personal experiences about living successfully with autism. Content will include lessons learned along their life journeys: helpful supports provided by teachers, parents, service providers and others; barriers experienced; transition to college and employment; and developing and maintaining personal relationships.
Target audience: Educators, adult service providers, family members, youth with disabilities.
