Join us for free at Autism Cymru's second international online autism conference, October 4-11, 2006
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Following the overwhelming success of last year's event, Autism
Cymru, Wales' National Charity for Autism, is to host another major
free international online autism conference between October 4-11, 2006.
Last year's conference attracted over 10,000 delegates from
around the world. The event was extended twice due to popular demand.
Once again, the free virtual conference will feature the largest
ever gathering of world autism experts, including people with autism
and leading professionals and academics.
Anyone is welcome to log on - parents, people with autism,
researchers, practitioners, teachers and social workers. Please take a
moment to register now and make a note in your diary to join us on
October 4.
Leading international figures will be available to answer questions
and discuss topics ranging from biomedical approaches to autism, the
immunology and neurology of autism, educational methods and first-hand
experiences of living with autism. They include Donna Williams and
Wendy Lawson, two of the world's best-known autistic writers and
speakers; Jacqui Jackson, mother of seven children (including four on
the autistic spectrum) and her son, Luke, a well-known author and
speaker with Asperger's syndrome, and the foremost autism authorities
Professor Rita Jordan, Professor Laurent Mottron, Professor Anthony
Bailey and Professor Margot Prior.
To find out more about Autism2006, register and receive email
updates with all the latest conference news, please go to
www.autism2006.org
An online Foyer Café is also available for delegates to meet and
discuss issues prior to the conference.
For further details, please contact Laura Morgan on (029) 20464940
in Cardiff.
To register for Autism2006, simply go to www.autism2006.org
Abstracts and papers will be available online at www.autism2006.org
from the beginning of October 2006. Experts will be available on-line
to answer questions in person between October 4-11.
Other experts taking part include Stephen Shore (USA), Larry Arnold
(UK) and Danny Beath (UK) - two British men with Asperger's syndrome,
Dr Marco Iacoboni (Italy), Dr Skirmantas Janusonis (USA), Dr Peter
Enticott (Australia), Dr Manuel Casanova (USA), Chantal Sicile-Kira
(USA), Dr Julie Donnelly (USA), Professor Michael Fitzgerald (Ireland),
Professor Helen Tager-Flusberg (USA), Dr Molly Losh (USA), Paul
Shattock (UK), Dr Karl Reichelt (Norway), Mitzi Waltz (USA), Dr Cynthia
Molloy (USA), Dr Richard Becker (USA), Dr Dawn Wimpory (Wales), Dr
Roberto Canitano (Italy), Dennis Debbaudt (USA), Professor Jill Boucher
(UK), Dr Shari Au (USA), Dr David Skuse (UK), Olga Bogdashina
(Ukraine), Dr Thomas Berney (UK), Dr Paul Ashwood (USA) and Dr Sven
Boelte (Germany).
Looking forward to seeing you on October 4.
Best wishes,
Adam Feinstein