NFASG Meeting Sunday 4-19-09

[Guest guest]

North Fulton Autism Support Group Meeting

Speaker: Hansen,

CPA, CFO Marist School, President Arc of Georgia, Founder of Camp Awareness

for children with autism.

“One

of my most important roles has always been as a parent of a 22 year old, ,

with autism (who has finished high school successfully and gone on to college,

has had a job for 4 years but is currently waiting for brain surgery at Emory

for his seizure disorder (20 a day without medicine, 2 a day with

medicine)).”

The

presentation:

·

The

power and courage to tell your child’s story around the syndrome of

autism.

·

Explaining

autism to lay people and professionals alike.

·

A

simple but effective simulation on sensory overload that gives the audience

empathy and understanding.

·

An

explanation of my camp that I ran for 11 years and served over 1,000

children/adults with autism, and my experience in how the camp allowed each

child success.

·

How

to ask for and get the best IEP for your child with ideas outside the box. (I

did them all)! Who is the Arc and why I belong because the camp helped a

1,000 children.

·

My

association with the Arc and how it helped over 100,000 or more children/adults

with autism.

·

I

would also like to share my next dream with you all, how to help with

employment for adults with autism (my next project).

Date: Sunday April 19th, 2009

Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Where: Emory ’s Creek Hospital

6325

Hospital Parkway

Suite 109

s Creek, GA 30097

Directions

from 400:

Take Exit 10, Old Milton

Parkway, and go east on Rt. 120. Stay on Rt.

120 East, turning onto Kimball

Bridge Road.

Turn left onto

Bridge.

Turn right onto Sargent

Road

Stay straight onto McGinnis

Ferry Road.

Turn right onto Hospital

Parkway.

Enter

through the main doors of the Hospital. The Physicians' Plaza doors are

locked on the weekends.

Once in the main doors, head down the long hallway to the left.

Enter the Physicians

Plaza and stay

straight. Suite

109 will be on your right.

LIMITED SEATING: Must RSVP to debbiedobbs@....

Join us for pizza at Z Pizza after the meeting as a % of

sales will help support TACA (Talk About Curing Autism).

4-8 PM at the Z Pizza

s Creek

Location.