International Conference in Leicester
www.jelibean.com is pleased to announce that on June 15th, 2010, it will host an international conference on autism, at the University of Leicester.
It is hoped that this will be the first of a series of proposed annual conferences to be held in Leicester.
The event will be held in the new David Wilson Lecture Theatre, at the University of Leicester, which can seat up to 500 delegates.
There will be four speakers. They are:
Professor Paul Cooper of the School of Education, University of Leicester who will speak about AD/HD and autism, author of Understanding and Supporting Children with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties.
Professor Olga Bogdashina of the Ukraine who will speak about sensory issues in autism, author of Sensory Perceptual Issues in Autism.
Emeritus Professor Rita Jordan of the University of Birmingham, whose subject is severe and profound autism, author of Autism with Severe Learning Difficulties.
And we are delighted to welcome Professor Tony Attwood, from Australia (although originally from Birmingham), on his first ever visit to Leicester, who will speak on cognition in Asperger's Syndrome. He is a clinical psychologist and world expert on Asperger's Syndrome and the author of The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome. This is the first time these speakers have appeared together at any conference.
The tickets for this one-day event are priced at £200. But don't worry! There are five different discounts of £20 each and you can claim any number which apply to you. Discounts of £20 will be offered for:
1. Those who book before April 30th
2. Those who are unwaged
3. Members of the NAS
4. Those who are on the autism spectrum and/or the parent of someone on the autism spectrum
5. Parties of 5 or more (the discount applies to all 5)
The intention is that only professionals will have to pay full price for their tickets, and even some of those may get a discount.
The price includes a coffee and Danish pastry welcome, and a buffet lunch. There will be two refreshment breaks, when delegates will be free to buy their own drinks from University cafés, if they wish. Bottles of water will be provided for each delegate. There will also be a bookstall.
On the evening before the event there will be a champagne reception at the Belmont Hotel, priced at £35, for the first 30 delegates to apply. This will offer the chance to meet the speakers and have an early registration.
Those who wish to do so will be invited to take a table in the exhibition area on the mezzanine level above the Lecture Theatre. The price for this will be £50 for voluntary organisations (to cover costs), and £1000 for commercial organisations.
Tickets will be available from February. Further details will be available on our website www.jelibean.com at the end of January.
www.jelibean.com is an organisation providing help, advice and advocacy services to those on the autism spectrum, and those with AD/HD. It is run by Debi Evans, a former Ward Sister, mother of five children on the autism spectrum, who now has a Post Graduate Certificate in Autism (children) from the University of Birmingham, and Barbara Jacobs, author of Loving Mr Spock, who is currently completing her PhD on 'Recognising and accommodating Autism Spectrum Conditions in Inclusive education'. Her next book will be Autistic Intelligence, and why we can't live without it. The patron of jelibean is Tony Attwood.
