August 1999

Autreat 1999: Telling Our Stories
Canandaigua, New York

"Stories About Stories: Learning and Growing Through Popular Media"

Autism Society of America National Conference on Autism: Up-To-Date in Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri

CANCELED

While I had a presentation accepted at this conference, I was not able to present there because the conference invited keynote speakers who, when I was employed on their research projects, allowed me to be severely harassed, abused, and sexually assaulted by one of their graduate students; who consistently failed to act after being notified of these activities; who left me and other developmentally disabled people in jeopardy by continuing to support and enable this perpetrator; and who permitted retaliatory measures to be taken against me for reporting the situation.  It is not possible for me to attend or present at the same conference with these people.

June 1999

8th Annual Canadian/American Havurah Weekend Shabbaton
Hamilton, Ontario

"Judaism and the Disabled"
(I had nothing to do with the title of this one)

April 1999

Reaching for the Stars: Learning and Growing Together
Syracuse, New York

"Balancing Two Worlds"

January 1999

PreK/EI Program, Syracuse City School District
Syracuse, New York

"Autism as Culture: Applying Multicultural Awareness when Working with Autistic Students"

November 1998

Autism Society Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada

"Autism, Culture, and Community"

October 1998

Syracuse University College of Law
Syracuse, New York
Member of panel, "Hate Crimes Symposium"

October 1998

First-Year Seminar, Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

"Education, Expectations, and Community"

August 1998

Autreat 1998: Celebrating Our Worlds
Canandaigua, New York

"Models of Identity Development as Applied to Autistic People" (with Carla Bradley)

"Balancing Two Worlds"

"Learning to Understand"(for non-autistic children and youth)
 

July 1998

Alut - The Israeli Society for Autistic Children
Tel Aviv, Israel

"Two Sides of Inclusion"

"The View From Both Sides of the Bridge"

July 1998

Autism Society of America
Reno, Nevada

"Affirming Autistic Culture: Inclusion Isn't Everything"

May 1998

The Geneva Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

"Challenging Behaviours of Neurotypical People"

May 1998

Facilitated Communication Institute
Syracuse, New York

"A Portable Tool Kit for Communication Survival"

"How NOT To Use Facilitated Communication"

October 1997

Autism Society Ontario, Peterborough Chapter and Five Counties Children's Centre: Living With Autism
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

"Parents' Story Hour"

"Getting Together: Ongoing Developments in Autistic Culture"

August 1997

Autreat 1997: To Survive - And Thrive!
Canandaigua, New York

"A Portable Tool Kit for Communication Survival"

July 1997

Autism Society of America
Orlando, Florida

Member of panel, "Religion and the Life of a Person with Autism"

June 1997

Autism: The Person
Poughkeepsie, New York

"Parent-Professional Partnerships: Who's Missing In This Picture?"

May 1997

Ed Smith Parent Support Group
Syracuse, New York

Met with parents of special needs students to discuss autism and self-advocacy

August 1996

Autreat 1996: Celebrating Autistic Culture
Canandaigua, New York

"Orientation to Self-Advocacy for Parents and Professionals" (with Jane Johnston)
 

Autism Society of America
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
"Parent-Professional Partnerships: Who's Missing In This Picture?"

Facilitated pre-coference advocacy workshop on Self-Advocacy, with Mary Ingold, Jane Johnston, James Sternberg, Alex Weese, Susan Weese, and Wallace Wojtowicz, Jr.
 

Facilitated Communication Institute
Syracuse, New York

"Premises, Promises, and Pitfalls of Support Relationships: Can Dignity and Dependency Co-exist?"

May 1996

Autism Treatment Services of Canada
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

"Parent-Professional Partnerships: Who's Missing In This Picture?"

April 1996

Autism Society Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

"Getting Together: Ongoing Developments in Autistic Culture"

April 1996

Winnipeg Board of Jewish Education
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

"Autism and Involvement in Jewish Education"

April 1996

Ed Smith Parent Support Group
Syracuse, New York

Met with parents of special needs students to discuss autism and self-advocacy

September 1995

Maap Services, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

"Cognitive, Communication, and Interpersonal Deficits of Non-Autistic People" (Maap strand)

"Asexuality and Nonsexual Relationships Among Autistic People" (ANI strand)

Moderated panel: "Understanding Autism, Understanding Ourselves" (ANI strand)

May 1995

Facilitated Communication Institute
Syracuse, New York

"Use of Assistance Dogs by Autistic People"

"Re-evaluating Concepts of Support Relationships"

May 1995

Rochester Area Chapter, Autism Society of America
Rochester, New York

"A Story Hour for Parents"

April 1995

Ed Smith Parent Support Group
Syracuse, New York

Met with parents of special needs students to discuss autism and self-advocacy

October 1994

The Geneva Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

"Observations on Emergent Autistic Culture"

August 1994

Prince George County School District
Prince George County, Maryland

Inservice workshop for teachers and support staff  at district autism training

October 1993

Autism National Committee
Washington D.C.

Spoke about autistic self-advocacy

July 1993

International Conference on Autism
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

"Don't Mourn For Us"

July 1991

Autism Society of America
Indianapolis, Indiana

Co-moderated "Adults With Autism" roundtable

July 1990

Autism Society of America
Long Beach, California

Member of panel: "High-Functioning Adults with Autism"

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