Put your
autism-related questions directly to
Dr Olga Bogdashina on
March 27, 2013. And register right now at
www.awares.org/conferences to read Olga's brilliant new paper on sensory issues.
Olga Bogdashina MA Education (
Autism), PhD (Linguistics) has worked extensively in the field of
autism,
as teacher, lecturer and researcher with particular interests in
sensory perception, cognitive functioning, communication and language
development in
autism. Since 1994, she has been
the Director of the first Day Centre for autistic children in Ukraine
and the President of the Ukrainian
Autism Society. She is Co-founder and Programme Leader and Lecturer at the International
Autism Institute, KSPU. She has worked extensively in the field of
autism
as a teacher, lecturer and researcher. She is a visiting lecturer at
universities in Europe, presents at national and international
autism conferences and is an
Autism Consultant for services for children and adults.
Olga has written five books in English (some translated into nine languages), and two in Russian.
Olga has an adult son (25) with
autism and a daughter (22) with Asperger syndrome.
We are delighted to welcome
Olga on
March 27 as the latest presenter in the series of monthly
online autism conferences here at the Awares
Conference Centre, run by
Autism Cymru - Wales's pioneering national charity for
autism.
's paper right now. She herself will be