Calling All Kinds

Dr. Temple Grandin, a world-renowned autism spokesperson, scientist, and inventor, has served as an inspiration and role model to hundreds of thousands of families and persons with autism. In this unique presentation, Temple eloquently and candidly describes the challenges she has faced and offers glimpses into her own childhood, with ideas on how others dealing with autism can meet these obstacles and improve the quality of their lives. Backed by her personal experience and evidence-based research, Temple shares her valuable insights on all types of thinkers (i.e. pattern, visual, and audio thinkers), why they are important, what jobs they are best suited for and ways in which young people can continue to think about and understand what it means to be innovative.

By attending, participants can:

• Create a learning environment to accommodate those who think differently
• Distinguish between voluntary behaviors and involuntary behaviors
• Identify ways of intervention for those newly diagnosed
• Review methods to assist the older child and Adult to form social relationships