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www.awares.org/conferences I am delighted to say that, by public request, Carol Gray - inventor of the celebrated Social Stories for autism - is returning tomorrow, Thursday (September 20, 2012) to reply to your questions again on the Awares conference site (www.awares.org/conferences) between 12 noon and 3pm UK time (7am and 10am US East Coast time). Don't miss this unique opportunity to put your questions to one of the world's great autism authorities. Register right now at www.awares.org/conferences to join the discussions and read Carol's brilliant paper. I will be keeping the discussion forums open all the way through until Thursday to allow delegates to exchange views with one another, before Carol comes back online. If you have any queries, please contact me at: adam@autismcymru.org Best wishes, Adam Feinstein

www.awares.org/conferences Carol Gray - inventor of the celebrated Social Stories to help children with autism - will be online all day on the Awares conference site (www.awares.org/conferences) on September 17, 2012. This is a unique chance to put your questions to one of the world’s great autism authorities. Carol’s excellent paper, ‘Social Stories - An Introduction and Implications for the Future,’ is available to read immediately. Carol is the President of The Gray Center for Social Learning and Understanding in Grand Rapids, a non-profit organisation serving people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and those working on their behalf. She is an internationally respected author and speaker with over 20 years' experience as a teacher and consultant working on behalf of children and adults with ASD. In 1991, Carol developed Social Stories, a strategy used worldwide with children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). She has published several articles, chapters and books on topics related to the education and welfare of people with ASD, addressing challenging issues ranging from how to teach social understanding and social skills, bullying, death and dying, and loss, learning and people with ASD. Carol and The Gray Center have also been working in collaboration with Mark Shelley and the Specialminds Foundation, a non-profit organisation, to develop Storymovies and co-ordinating materials. Carol is the recipient of the Barbara Lipinski Award for her international contribution to the education and welfare of people with ASD. This is the second in a series of monthly one-day online seminars on www.awares.org/conferences in 2012 (featuring an outstanding line-up of figures from the world of autism) to be run by Autism Cymru, Wales’s National Charity for Autism. Please let friends and colleagues know about this exciting event. For further details about this and all other Awares online autism conferences, please contact Adam Feinstein at: adam@autismcymru.org