Aging with Autism #3

The Family's Role in Achieving Positive Outcomes
Successful Transition to Quality of Life in Adulthood

Speaker: Marsha Mailick Seltzer, PhD, the Director of the Waisman Center and Vaughan Bascom and Elizabeth M. Boggs Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Date: 01/21/2012
Sponsored By: the Grandparent Autism Network (http://www.ganinfo.org), CHOC Children's, For OC Kids Neurodevelopmental Center, University of California Irvine - School of Medicine, Regional Center of Orange County, Orange County Department of Education and the County of Orange Health Care Agency.
Location: Mariners Church, Irvine, CA 92603

This presentation is from the 6th Annual Autism Research Conference sponsored by the Grandparent Autism Network and partner organizations in Orange County, California. Every January, distinguished speakers are invited to present the most current autism research to the autism community. These presentations focus on topics that bring hope for new breakthroughs in the diagnosis, causes and treatment of autism. Conferences are well attended by family members, physicians, psychologists, speech and language therapists, educators, nurses, social workers and students. Additional autism conferences, featuring Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen, Dr. Daniel Geschwind, Dr. Irva Hertz-Picciotto, and the Interactive Autism Network may be viewed on the website http://www.ganinfo.org