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  1. www.awares.org/conferences We are delighted to announce that the latest presenter in the series of monthly one-day online autism conferences on the Awares Conference Centre, run by Autism Cymru - Wales's pioneering national charity for autism - is Dr Connie Kasari. Connie's brilliant paper on education is available to read here right now once you register at www.awares.org/conferences and she herself will be online all day on Tuesday, July 23, 2013. Please feel free to put all your autism-related questions directly to Connie in the discussion forum on the site on July 23. You can also, of course, exchange views with one another in the forum before Connie logs on. I very much hope you enjoy the event! Simply click on the Discussion button and take advantage of this unique chance to connect directly with one of the great world authorities on educating children with autism. This online conference is open to everyone. Dr Connie Kasari is Professor in the Human Development and Psychology programme in UCLA's School of Education as well as Professor in the Division of Child Psychiatry. She has supervised the doctoral training of nearly 40 PhD students and the research of 15 post-doctoral fellows. Dr Kasari's research has focused on social and communicative development in typical and atypical children. She has many funded research projects involving the development of novel interventions for children with autism primarily using randomized controlled clinical trial designs. Her work is increasingly centred in school settings with a focus on under-served, under-represented, and under-resourced populations of children with autism. Prior to her appointment in Education, she was a post-doctoral fellow with Dr Marian Sigman, collaborating on a number of research studies on autism and Down syndrome. Dr Kasari received her doctorate in education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1985. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in child development at UCLA prior to joining the UCLA faculty in 1990. For more information about this and all other Awares online conferences, please contact myself at: adam@autismcymru.org Best wishes, Adam Feinstein
  2. Professor Stephen Shore will be online all day this Thursday (June 27, 2013) to answer your autism-related questions www.awares.org/conferences We are thrilled to announce that the latest presenter in the prestigious series of one-day online autism conferences on Awares - run by Autism Cymru, Wales's pioneering national charity for autism - is Professor Stephen Shore. Stephen's insightful paper on bullying is available to read right now on the Awares Conference site (www.awares.org/conferences) and he himself will be online all day on Thursday, June 27, 2013 to answer your questions. Please register now at www.awares.org/conferences to take advantage of this unique opportunity. This online conference is open to all, so please let friends, colleagues and networks know about this exciting event. About Professor Stephen Shore: Diagnosed with 'Atypical Development and strong autistic tendencies' and 'too sick' for outpatient treatment, Professor Shore was recommended for institutionalisation. Non-verbal until four, and with much support from his parents, teachers, wife and others, Stephen is now a professor at Adelphi University in Long Island, New York, where his research focuses on matching best practice to the needs of people with autism. In addition to working with children and talking about life on the autism spectrum, Stephen presents and consults internationally on adult issues pertinent to education, relationships, employment, advocacy and disclosure as discussed in his books Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Ask and Tell: Self-advocacy and Disclosure for People on the Autism Spectrum, the critically acclaimed Understanding Autism for Dummies, and the newly released DVD, Living along the Autism Spectrum: What it means to have Autism or Asperger Syndrome. President emeritus of the Asperger's Association of New England and former board member of the Autism Society, Dr Shore serves on the boards of the Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism Association, the Autism Services Association and other autism-related organisations. For more details about this and all other Awares online conferences, please contact myself at adam@autismcymru.org Best wishes, Adam Feinstein
  3. www.awares.org/conferences 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. Register right now at www.awares.org/conferences and read Olga's paper right now. She herself will be online all day from 9am (UK time) on March 27 to answer your questions. Best wishes, Adam Feinstein
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