US AUTISM ACTIVIST ARI NE'EMEN TO SPEAK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
The Autism Centre for Education and Research (ACER) at the University of Birmingham and Autism West Midlands are proud to present a talk by US autism activist Ari Ne’Emen on 7 June 2011. The event will be in room G39 of the School of Education building at 6:00pm. It will be free and open to the public: people on the autism spectrum and parents are especially welcome.
Please inform ACER secretary Linda Hudson if you will be attending. She can be reached on 0121 414 5620 or by email on [log in to unmask]
Ari Ne'eman is a member of President Obama’s National Council on Disability—the first person with autism to hold a national policy advice role of this kind.
He is also the Founding President of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, where he initiates and directs efforts to increase the representation of autistic individuals in public policy discussions. He is a leading advocate in the neurodiversity movement, frequently briefing policymakers and speaking publicly on disability and autism policy issues.
Mr. Ne'eman also serves as Vice Chair of the New Jersey Adults with Autism Task Force, where he represents autistic adults in reviewing the state's autism services. He also previously served on the New Jersey's Special Education Review Commission, where he authored a minority report on the topic of aversives, restraint and seclusion.
Mr. Ne'eman previously served as the Policy Workgroup Leader for the Youth Advisory Council to the National Council on Disability. He is a board member of TASH and the Autism National Committee. In 2008, he received the HSC Foundation "Advocates in Disability" Award. Mr. Ne'eman graduated from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, where he studied political science, in May 2010.
In 2000, Mr. Ne'eman was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder.
Some recent articles that will tell you more about Ari can be found here:
http://www.umbc.edu/magazine/winter09/feature_ari.html
http://www.newsweek.com/2009/05/15/erasing-autism.html
http://nymag.com/news/features/47225/
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