Inaccuracies Stigmatize Individuals Affected by Autism/Asperger Syndrome
US Autism & Asperger Association (USAAA) has been flooded by requests from parents of children with autism asking for help because their families and children are being isolated and verbally abused, as a result of the inadvertent linkage of violence to autism from media reports during the recent tragedy in Connecticut. USAAA’s Dr. Kaplan expressed concern that the continued speculation on the perpetrator’s diagnosis attaches unwarranted and dangerous stigmatism to autism spectrum disorders. - December 20, 2012
Autism Breakthrough: Uncovering New Comorbidities That Complicate Autism
A worldwide breakthrough in the clinical evaluation of autism will be announced at a news conference in Denver, Colorado Friday, September 7th. The announcement will reveal surprising results of brain scans on over 1200 individuals with autism. The news conference will be held in conjunction with... - September 04, 2012
US Autism & Asperger Association to Provide Live Streaming of World Conference
US Autism & Asperger Association (USAAA) will live stream the annual USAAA World Conference for the second straight year on USAAA TV (www.usautism.org/tv) October 27-30. Over 30 of the world’s leading Autism experts will discuss evidence-based therapies as well as experiences, perspectives, and challenges never before presented to the public. Eustacia Cutler, author and mother of Dr. Temple Grandin, will deliver the Keynote. The conference will be hosted at the Holiday Inn Seattle Airport Hotel. - October 24, 2011
US Autism & Asperger Association Event Becomes Most-Viewed Autism Conference in the World
The US Autism & Asperger Association (USAAA) 5th Annual World Conference, held October 1-3, 2010, became the most-viewed autism conference in the world. While there were over 700 attendees each day at the conference in St. Louis, Missouri, over 35,000 people watched the event online. This was... - October 15, 2010
US Autism & Asperger Association to Provide Live Streaming of World Conference
US Autism & Asperger Association (USAAA) will broadcast the first ever Autism/Asperger conference in its entirety live at the USAAA 5th Annual World Conference hosted October 1-3, 2010 in St. Louis, Missouri. Thirty of the world’s leading autism experts will be presenting on new... - September 27, 2010
Mother of Miracle Child to Keynote Autism Conference; Speaker to Appear on Montel Williams May 1
Shannon Kenitz, the mother of a miracle child, will be the keynote speaker at the US Autism & Asperger Association International Conference August 9-12 in Park City, Utah. She will appear on Montel Williams May 1st. Kenitz shares her story on how she brought her daughter Grace back from a prognosis of death to thriving via hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Grace has progressed to feed herself, recover from blindness, and at almost 7-years old, walk for the first time unassisted on January 20, 2006. - April 28, 2006