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- July 26, 2008
The Asperger's Association of New England (AANE)'s
Adult Conference: Know Yourself: The Key to a Better
Life 2008 will be held on July 26, 2008 at Bentley
College in Waltham, MA.
This full-day conference exclusively for adults with
Asperger's has many purposes including: Building community
among a marginalized population of adults with Asperger's
Syndrome; Decreasing isolation and loneliness and
increasing connection and sense of belonging; Teaching
concrete skills and strategies to improve quality
of life at home, in relationships and in the workplace;
and instilling a sense of pride among AS adults by
increasing awareness of the breadth of talent and
level of accomplishment within their community.
The keynote speaker will be Valerie Paradiz, Ph.D.,
well-known author of Elijah's
Cup and parent of a teen with Asperger's Syndrome
who has since been diagnosed with AS herself.
For more information about this conference, please
click on the link below.
2008
AANE Adult Conference Brochure
- July 1, 2008
The next colloquium in the Autism and Developmental
Disorders Colloquium Series will be held on Tuesday,
July 1, 2008 at 6:00 pm.
Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D. will give a presentation
entitled, "Behavioral features of autism: A Polyvagal
perspective. "
MIT Building 46-3002 (auditorium), followed by a reception
Building address: 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA
02139
-
June
10, 2008
The next colloquium in the Autism and
Developmental Disorders Colloquium Series
will be held on June 10, 2008 at 6:00
pm.
Nancy Minshew, M.D. will give a presentation
entitled, "Autism as a widespread
disorder of neural connectivity and information
processing. "
Simches Building, Room 3120
185 Cambridge St., Boston (Charles River
Plaza)
Refreshments will be served.
-
June
4, 2008
The next colloquium in the Autism and
Developmental Disorders Colloquium Series
will be held on June 4, 2008 at 6:00 pm.
Marlene Behrmann, Ph.D. will give a presentation
entitled, "Lacking the big picture:
Local details and effective underconnectivity
in autism. "
MIT Building 46-3002 (auditorium), followed
by a reception
Building address: 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge,
MA 02139
-
May
21, 2008
The next colloquium in the Autism and
Developmental Disorders Colloquium Series
will be held on May 21, 2008 at 6:00 pm.
Aaron DiAntonio, M.D., Ph.D. will give
a presentation entitled, "Synaptic
growth: Walking the Highwire."
MIT Building 46-3002 (auditorium), followed
by a reception
Building address: 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge,
MA 02139
-
May
13, 2008
The next colloquium in the Autism and Developmental
Disorders Colloquium Series will be held on
May 13, 2008 at 6:00 pm.
Jean Frazier, M.D. will give a presentation
entitled, "The multicomplex child: Evaluation
and treatment. "
Simches Building, Room 3120
185 Cambridge St., Boston (Charles River Plaza)
Refreshments will be served.
-
May
7 , 2008
The next colloquium in the Autism and Developmental
Disorders Colloquium Series will be held on
May 7, 2008 at 6:00 pm.
Sir Michael Rutter, Ph.D. will give a presentation
entitled, "Key challenges in autism research:
The complementary roles of human and animal
studies. "
MIT Building 46-3002 (auditorium), followed
by a reception
Building address: 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge,
MA 02139
-
April
23, 2008
The next colloquium in the Autism and Developmental
Disorders Colloquium Series will be held on
April 23, 2008 at 6:00 pm.
Simon Baron-Cohen, Ph.D. will give a presentation
entitled, "The foetal androgen theory of
natural sex differences and autism."
MIT Building 46-3002 (auditorium), followed
by a reception
Building address: 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge,
MA 02139
-
April
8, 2008
The next colloquium in the Autism and Developmental
Disorders Colloquium Series will be held on
April 8, 2008 at 6:00 pm.
Pat Levitt, Ph.D. will give a presentation entitled,
"Convergent biological and genetic evidence
relating the MET tyrosine kinase receptor with
autism."
Simches Building, Room 3120
185 Cambridge St., Boston (Charles River Plaza)
Refreshments will be served.
-
April
2 , 2008
The next colloquium in the Autism and Developmental
Disorders Colloquium Series will be held on
April 2, 2008 at 6:00 pm.
Wendy L. Stone, Ph.D. will give a presentation
entitled, "Early identification of Autism:
Challenges and strategies."
MIT Building 46-3002 (auditorium), followed
by a reception
Building address: 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge,
MA 02139
-
March
19, 2008
The next colloquium in the Autism and Developmental
Disorders Colloquium Series will be held on
March 19, 2008 at 6:00 pm.
Joseph Piven, M.D. will give a presentation
entitled, "Towards defining the phenotype
in autism."
MIT Building 46-3002 (auditorium), followed
by a reception
Building address: 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge,
MA 02139
-
March
11, 2008
The next colloquium in the Autism and Developmental
Disorders Colloquium Series will be held on
March 11, 2008 at 6:00 pm.
Andrew Zimmerman, M.D. will give a presentation
entitled, "Placental-fetal transfer of
maternal antibodies in autism."
Simches Building, Room 3120
185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA (Charles River
Plaza)
-
March
5, 2008
The next colloquium in the Autism and Developmental
Disorders Colloquium Series will be held on
March 5, 2008 at 6:00 pm.
Joseph D. Buxbaum, Ph.D. will give a presentation
entitled, "Advances in the genomic architecture
of Autism Spectrum Disorders."
MIT Building 46-3002 (auditorium), followed
by a reception
Building address: 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge,
MA 02139
-
February
20, 2008
The next colloquium in the Autism and Developmental
Disorders Colloquium Series will be held on
February 20, 2008 at 6:00 pm.
John Gabrieli, Ph.D. will give a presentation
entitled, "Social cognitive neuroscience
investigations of high-functioning autism."
MIT Building 46-3002 (auditorium), followed
by a reception
Building address: 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge,
MA 02139
-
February
12, 2008
The next colloquium in the Autism and Developmental
Disorders Colloquium Series will be held on
February 12, 2008 at 6:00 pm.
Heidi Feldman, MD, Ph.D. will give a presentation
entitled, "Medical management of autism:
What works?"
Massachusetts General Hospital
Simches Building, Room 3120
185 Cambridge St., Boston, MA (Charles River
Plaza)
Refreshments will be served.
-
February
6 , 2008
The next colloquium in the Autism and Developmental
Disorders Colloquium Series will be held on
February 6, 2008 at 6:00 pm.
Gordon Fishell, Ph.D. will give a presentation
entitled, "Perspectives on the developmental
origins of cortical interneuron diversity."
MIT Building 46-3002 (auditorium), followed
by a reception
Building Address: 43 Vassar St., Cambridge,
MA 02139
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November
13 , 2007
The next colloquium in the Autism and Developmental
Disorders Colloquium Series will be held on
November 13, 2007 at 6:00 pm.
Gagan Joshi, M.D. will give a presentation entitled,
"Prevalence and clinical correlates of
pervasive developmental disorders in a clinically
referred population of children and adolescents."
Massachusetts General Hospital
Simches Building, Room 3120
185 Cambridge St., Boston (Charles River Plaza)
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October
24, 2007
The next colloquium in the Autism and Developmental
Disorders Colloquium Series will be held on October
24, 2007 at 6:00 pm.
John Rubenstein, MD, Ph.D. will give a presentation
entitled, "Genetics of Forebrain Development."
MIT Building 46-3002 (auditorium), followed by
a reception
Building Address: 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge,
MA 02139
Please
click here for details.
If you are interested in attending this event,
please RSVP to lmavros@mit.edu.
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October
17, 2007
The next colloquium in the Autism and Developmental
Disorders Colloquium Series will be held on October
17, 2007 at 6:00 pm.
Omar Khwaja, MD, Ph.D. will give a presentation
entitled, "Rett Syndrome: Clinical insights
from a neurodevelopmental disorder with a known
genetic cause."
MIT Building 46-3002 (auditorium), followed by a
reception
Building Address: 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA
02139
Please
click here for details.
If you are interested in attending this event, please
RSVP to lmavros@mit.edu.
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October
16,
2007
Shop
at
Whole
Foods
Market
on
Tuesday,
October
16th
and
Support
Children
with
Autism!
Shop
anytime
during
that
day
at
one
of
13
participating
Whole
Foods
Market
stores,
and
each
store
will
donate
5%
of
your
shopping
bill
to
Autism
Special
Education
Legal
Support
Center
of
Massachusetts
Advocates
for
Children
(MAC)!
The
Autism
Special
Education
Legal
Support
Center
provides
critical
training
and
advocacy
services
to
help
ensure
that
children
with
autism
throughout
Massachusetts
,
particularly
low
income
children,
overcome
lowered
expectations
and
receive
equal
educational
opportunities.
You
will
be
helping
the
thousands
of
children
and
families
living
with
Autism
Spectrum
Disorder!
Please
join
us
in
supporting
this
important
work!
The
following
is
a
list
of
participating
stores:
Bedford,
Bellingham
,
Cambridge-Fresh
Pond,
Cambridge-Prospect
St.
,
Cambridge
-River
St.,
Framingham
,
Hingham
,
Newton
,
Newtonville,
Swampscott,
Wayland,
Wellesley,
and
Woburn
.
For
more
information,
click
here,
visit
www.massadvocates.org
or
contact
Stephany
Melton
at
617-357-8432
x244
or
smelton@massadvocates.org
.
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October
15,
2007
What
We
Know
About
Autism
Today
-
A
Free,
Day-Long
Seminar
for
Journalists
The
NLMFF
has
underwritten
a
National
Press
Foundation
program
intended
to
educate
journalists
on
the
complexities
of
what
is
known
and
what
is
not
known
about
autism
spectrum
disorders.
This
one-day
seminar
will
take
place
on
October
15
from
9:00
am
to
4:30
pm
at
The
Inn
at
Longwood
Medical
in
Boston.
There
is
no
cost
to
attend,
but
advance
reservations
are
required
by
October
10.
To
reserve
a
seat,
please
email
khill@nationalpress.org
with
your
name,
affiliation,
address,
telephone
and
email.
For
more
information
about
the
event,
please
click
here.
-
October
3 ,
2007
The
next
colloquium
in the
Autism
and
Developmental
Disorders
Colloquium
Series
will
be held
on October
3, 2007
at 6:00
pm.
Marcel
A Just,
Ph.D.
will
give
a presentation
entitled,
"Functional
and
Anatomical
Cortical
Underconnectivity
in Autism."
MIT
Building
46-3002
(auditorium),
followed
by a
reception
Building
Address:
43 Vassar
Street,
Cambridge,
MA 02139
Please
click
here
for
details.
If you
are
interested
in attending
this
event,
please
RSVP
to lmavros@mit.edu.
-
September
19, 2007
The next
colloquium
in the
Autism
and Developmental
Disorders
Colloquium
Series
will be
held on
September
19, 2007
at 6:00
pm.
Jacqueline
N. Crawley,
Ph.D.
will give
a presentation
entitled,
"Strategies
for Modeling
the Symptoms
of Autism
in Mice."
MIT Building
46-3002
(auditorium),
followed
by a reception
Building
Address:
43 Vassar
Street,
Cambridge,
MA 02139
Please
click
here for
details.
If you
are interested
in attending
this event,
please
RSVP to
lmavros@mit.edu.
-
September
5 , 2007
The next
colloquium
in the
Autism
and Developmental
Disorders
Colloquium
Series
will be
held on
September
5, 2007
at 6:00
pm.
Jonathan
Sebat
Ph.D.
will give
a presentation
entitled,
"Genome
Wide Analysis
of Copy
Number
Variation
in Autism."
MIT Building
46-3002
(auditorium),
followed
by a reception
Building
Address:
43 Vassar
Street,
Cambridge,
MA 02139
Please
click
here for
details.
If you
are interested
in attending
this event,
please
RSVP to
lmavros@mit.edu.
-
Ralph James
Savarese,
Ph.D., author
of the recently
published
book, Reasonable
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