2008 Pittsburgh Autism Expo

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> (Registration will be available within 2 weeks!)

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> 2008 Pittsburgh Autism Expo

> Environmental Implications, Practical Treatments

> http://www.pghautismexpo.com

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> Friday, October 24 - Saturday, October 25, 2008

> Pittsburgh, PA

> Crowne Plaza Hotel

> Pittsburgh Airport

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> Join us for this two-day comprehensive biomedical autism conference,

> including some of the most respected and well-known names in the

> industry! Special room rate: $89!! This will be the most affordable

> conference you'll attend at only $80 for parents or $150 for

> professionals!

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> Meet Kirby and get your book signed by this revolutionary author!!

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> Interested in sponsoring or exhibiting? Our exhibitors get additional

> hours of exhibit time in conjunction with our " Meet & Greet " happy

> hour on Friday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Verdi Lounge at the Crowne

> Plaza! For information on exhibiting, email or Jane or

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> Speakers include:

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> Keynote Speaker, Kirby, Author,

> Evidence of Harm Kirby has been a professional journalist for 17

> years, and has written for The New York Times for more than a decade.

> Kirby's first book " Evidence of Harm, Mercury in Vaccines and

> the Autism Epidemic debuted at number 27 on The New York Times

> bestseller list. The book has sparked a national debate and Kirby has

> appeared on such varied media venues as Meet the Press, The Today

> Show, Imus in the Morning, Montel and Air America.

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> Dr. Martha Herbert -- Dr. Martha Herbert is an Assistant Professor of

> Neurology at Harvard Medical School, a Pediatric Neurologist at the

> Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, a member of the MGH Center

> for Morphometric Analysis, and an affiliate of the Harvard-MIT-MGH

> os Center for Biomedical Imaging. She is director of the

> TRANSCEND Research Program (Treatment Research and Neuroscience

> Evaluation of Neurodev. Disorders). Dr. Herbert earned her medical

> degree at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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> Dr. Philip DeMio -- Dr. DeMio is the father of a child with autism,

> and has been an M.D. for over twenty years. He graduated from the Case

> Western Reserve Univ. School of Medicine with honors in metabolism,

> women and children's health, and neurosciences. He is a DAN!

> physician, an author of medical topics including alternative and

> conventional medicine, and is accredited for speaking nationally on

> medical topics including brain toxicology, nutrition, and use of

> supplements in health and disease for children and adults.

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> Dorfman, M.S., L.N. -- Dorfman is a health program planner

> and nutritionist with twenty five years of clinical experience. Her

> specialty is developing nutrition and lifestyle strategies to address

> complex health problems from autism to bone loss to rare genetic

> disorders. Physicians and other medical professionals refer cases to

> her for insight when traditional methods do not attain optimal results.

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> Mark Blaxill -- Mark Blaxill has a daughter diagnosed with autism,

> Editor-at-Large for Age of Autism and Dir. of SafeMinds. He holds an

> MBA from Harvard Bus. School with distinction and a bachelor's degree

> in int'l affairs from Princeton Univ, summa cum laude and Phi Beta

> Kappa. He authored several publications on autism and has spoken at

> many conferences including Neurotoxicology, DAN!, Autism One, National

> Autism Association, NIEHS, and the Institute of Medicine Immunization

> Safety Review.

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> Kim Stagliano - Kim Stagliano is the mother of three girls with autism

> named Mia, and Bella. She is Managing Editor for Age of Autism,

> a Huffington Post blogger and author. A former sales and marketing

> executive, Kim is a graduate of Boston College and is married to Mark

> Stagliano. They live in CT. You can read her blog at

> www.kimstagliano.blogspot.com. Kim and her husband Mark and her three

> girls also appeared on Good Morning America in March, 2008.

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> .........More speakers to come! For a full list, visit our website at

> http://www.pghautismexpo.com!

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> For more information on Autism in the Western Pennsylvania area, visit

> www.AutismLink.com! Don't get second hand information -- get

> AutismLink!!