New names join more than 50 world experts taking part in Awares free international online autism conference, October 4-11, 2006

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A number of extremely prominent names have now joined the list of more than

fifty world experts taking part in Awares' second international free online

autism conference from October 4-11, 2006.

This is the largest such conference ever to be held. You can register for

free right now at www.autism2006.org to read the abstracts of most of the

experts' papers and exchange views with other conference delegates in the

online Foyer Café. The conference opensofficially on October 4.

The speakers include:

* Donna and Lawson, two of the world's best-known

autistic writers and speakers

* Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Professor t Mottron, Professor

Margot Prior and Professor Helen Tager-Flusberg, four of

the world's most outstanding autism experts

* and Gisela Slater- (a married couple who provide two

brilliant papers on living with Chris's Asperger's syndrome);

* Dr Darold Treffert and Dr Becker, the world's two leading

authorities on autistic savants

* Larry Arnold and Danny Beath, two British photographers with

Asperger's syndrome

* Shattock and Dr Karl Reichelt, two of the world's foremost

experts on autism and diet

* Shore, a well-known speaker with autism

* Dr Pierce and Dr Casanova, two leading authorities on

the neurological aspects of autism

* Dennis Debbaudt, the world's top expert on training the emergency

services to recognise and understand autism

* Jacqui , mother of seven children (including four on the

autistic spectrum) and her son, Luke, a well-known author and

speaker with Asperger's syndrome

Among the new names are four of the world's leading autism authorities:

Professor Jill Boucher (UK), Professor Isabelle Rapin (USA), Professor

DeLong (USA) and Professor Colwyn Trevarthen (UK).

Other important newcomers to the conference include:

* Dr Dinah Murray (UK), a worker, researcher, writer, campaigner and

teacher in the field of autism and its variants

* Merry Barua (India), director of Action for Autism, the primary

organisation in South Asia specialising in autistic spectrum disorders and

related pervasive

developmental disabilities

* Dr Ulla Holck (Denmark) and Dorita Berger (USA), two of the world's

major specialists in music therapy for autism

* Chantal Sicile-Kira (USA), one of the leading American experts on

adolescence, who in her paper provides invaluable practical tips for

teenagers with autism

* Carole Rutherford (UK), co-founder of Autism-in-Mind (AIM), a

national campaign and support group

* Jeanette Purkis (Australia), an artist with Asperger's syndrome and

an uplifting message

* Breakey (UK), who has particular expertise in further and

higher education and was responsible for setting up and

developing the Autism Support Service in Sheffield

* Dr Beversdorf (USA)

* Dr Dirk Dhossche (USA)

Other speakers include:

Professor Fitzgerald (Ireland), Dr Mitzi Waltz (UK), Dr

Donnelly (USA), Dr o Canitano (Italy), Dr Olga Bogdashina (Ukraine),

Shore (USA) and Dr Sven Boelte (Germany).

All the autism experts will be available in the week of October 4 to 11 to

answer your questions.

Topics for discussion include: Brain Research, Biomedical Approaches,

Education, Asperger's syndrome, Autism and relationships, Autism and

computers, Communication methods, First-hand experiences - Voices from the

spectrum, Genetics, Autism and the environment, The immunology of autism,

Diagnosis, Music therapy, Language and autism, Autism in adolescents and

Adults with autism.

To find out more about Autism2006, register and receive email updates with

all the latest conference news, please go to www.autism2006.org

The conference is organised by Autism Cymru, the national autism charity for

Wales.

For further details, please contact myself, Adam Feinstein, at

adam@... or telephone on (0)29 20464940 in Cardiff.

To register for Autism2006, simply go to www.autism2006.org

Best wishes,

Adam Feinstein

adam@...