Space is still available for this year's conference! Call soon!

Presented by The Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation & Children Making Strides

When: March 28th 2008

Venue:
Westin Hotel
70 Third Avenue
Waltham, MA 02451

To register, please call Children Making Strides at 508-563-5767

Parents and educators are invited to join us for this annual conference. Each year, the Flutie Foundation and Children Making Strides bring in presenters to share the most up to date information regarding autism research, treatments, therapies and educational approaches.

Speakers include Dr. Leonard Rappaport and Dr. David Miller of the Autism Consortium who will speak about the Consortium's recent genetic discovery; Author of the New York Times best selling novel "Look Me in the Eye", John Elder Robison, and Dr. Kathleen Quill who will host a breakout session in the afternoon and introduce the audience to Autism Pro - a new and innovative software technology. 

To see a pdf version of the conference brochure, please click here.

Congratulations to the winner of the 2008 Doug Flutie, Jr. Award - Heidi Bowden!

Heidi will be presented with her award during the annual conference.

This year's winner exemplifies what the Doug Flutie, Jr. Award is all about. Mrs. Bowden is the founder and coordinator of the Annual Maine Autism Resource Fair, which attracts over 600 people from all over the Northeast. Heidi puts over 500 hours into the coordination and running of this fair and all of her efforts are done on a volunteer basis.

When Heidi isn't working on coordinating the resource fair, she is busy with her Girl Scout troop for "girls with varying abilities". This troop consists of girls with autism, Downs Syndrome, MS and other disabilities.

Most importantly, Mrs. Bowden is the mother of a child with autism - her daughter Addie. Heidi writes all of Addie's programs for the public schools in an effort to get her the best education possible.

And did we mention that she does all of this while being a full-time student at the University of Maine, Augusta?

Congratulations Heidi! You are a true inspiration!