09-20-2007, 02:17 PM
This doesn't look curbie, but I am not very good at sussing them
Expo informs and instructs families about autism
Expo informs and instructs families about autism
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Expo informs and instructs families about autism
BY JOHN JOHNSTON | JJOHNSTON@ENQUIRER.COM
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For people seeking information about autism, the second Families with ASD Autism Expo is the place to be.
More than 70 service providers, therapists, doctors, vendors and organizations are expected at the free event, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 29 at Anderson Hills United Methodist Church.
For the first expo last year, organizers Julia and Greg Smith, who live in Clermont County's Union Township, hoped 300 families would attend. They were shocked when an estimated 2,200 people showed up.
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"We knew the need was great, just from watching our membership grow," says Julia, who with her husband founded the non-profit Families with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders) support group in 2005.
The Smiths, whose 12-year-old son Luke is autistic, say the group has more than 200 member families.
Autism spectrum disorders are developmental disabilities that affect a person's ability to communicate and interact socially. Symptoms and severity range widely.
Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said such disorders are more prevalent than previously thought. It said about 1 in 150 children born today is diagnosed with a form of autism.
Julia Smith says improvements have been made to this year's expo, including the addition of two authors, Kathleen Deyer Bolduc (who will speak at 10:30 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.) and Yvona Fast (11:45 a.m. and 3 p.m.).
Bolduc is author of "His Name is Joel: Searching for God in a Son's Disability" and "A Place Called Acceptance: Ministry with Families of Children with Disabilities." Fast is author of "Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome or Non-Verbal Learning Disability: Stories and Strategies."
Free baby-sitting will be offered so parents can drop children off for a short time to hear the speakers or visit information booths.
Every family will receive a copy of the 2007 Families with ASD Autism Yellow Pages, a resource guide.
Activities will include sensory pools for children, cornhole, arts and crafts, face painting and a miniature horse from Ohio Therapeutic Horsemanship.
Volunteers are still needed for a variety of tasks, including baby-sitting (those with experience with an autistic child are preferred).
Donations of cash (to pay for printing of the resource guide) and bake sale and silent auction items also are welcome.
BY JOHN JOHNSTON | JJOHNSTON@ENQUIRER.COM
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For people seeking information about autism, the second Families with ASD Autism Expo is the place to be.
More than 70 service providers, therapists, doctors, vendors and organizations are expected at the free event, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 29 at Anderson Hills United Methodist Church.
For the first expo last year, organizers Julia and Greg Smith, who live in Clermont County's Union Township, hoped 300 families would attend. They were shocked when an estimated 2,200 people showed up.
ADVERTISEMENT
"We knew the need was great, just from watching our membership grow," says Julia, who with her husband founded the non-profit Families with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders) support group in 2005.
The Smiths, whose 12-year-old son Luke is autistic, say the group has more than 200 member families.
Autism spectrum disorders are developmental disabilities that affect a person's ability to communicate and interact socially. Symptoms and severity range widely.
Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said such disorders are more prevalent than previously thought. It said about 1 in 150 children born today is diagnosed with a form of autism.
Julia Smith says improvements have been made to this year's expo, including the addition of two authors, Kathleen Deyer Bolduc (who will speak at 10:30 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.) and Yvona Fast (11:45 a.m. and 3 p.m.).
Bolduc is author of "His Name is Joel: Searching for God in a Son's Disability" and "A Place Called Acceptance: Ministry with Families of Children with Disabilities." Fast is author of "Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome or Non-Verbal Learning Disability: Stories and Strategies."
Free baby-sitting will be offered so parents can drop children off for a short time to hear the speakers or visit information booths.
Every family will receive a copy of the 2007 Families with ASD Autism Yellow Pages, a resource guide.
Activities will include sensory pools for children, cornhole, arts and crafts, face painting and a miniature horse from Ohio Therapeutic Horsemanship.
Volunteers are still needed for a variety of tasks, including baby-sitting (those with experience with an autistic child are preferred).
Donations of cash (to pay for printing of the resource guide) and bake sale and silent auction items also are welcome.