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Collaboration,
strength
emphasized
at WesternU’s
Trends in
Autism
Conference
Keynote speaker Chantal Sicile-Kira.
S even as autism’s impact on society grows. The
Speakers at the 13th Annual Trends in Autism
Conference at Western University of Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sciences emphasized collaboration, celebrating
estimates 1 in 68 children in multiple
victories and building on strengths during their
communities in the U.S. has been identified with
presentations.
autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This estimate is
roughly 30 percent higher than previous estimates,
The conference, held April 12, 2014 on WesternU’s
Pomona, Calif. campus, was organized by reported in 2012, of 1 in 88 children, according to
WesternU’s Faculty for Autism Collaboration and the CDC website.
Education (FACE), an interprofessional team of “We believe that autism, or ASD, is a treatable
educators, clinicians and researchers that promotes whole-body disorder, and it requires an
integrated perspectives, activities and resources interprofessional approach,” said FACE Chair Gail
that serve to enhance the lives of individuals with
ASD, and the lives of their significant others. Singer-Chang, PsyD, MA, MS. “We believe that
these integrated perspectives can help address the
FACE’s mission served as the foundation for the fragmentation that we have in the system. We
discussion at the conference. The health care believe ASD creates a ripple effect. It doesn’t just
system around autism is extremely fragmented, affect the individual -- it affects significant others,
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strength
emphasized
at WesternU’s
Trends in
Autism
Conference
Keynote speaker Chantal Sicile-Kira.
S even as autism’s impact on society grows. The
Speakers at the 13th Annual Trends in Autism
Conference at Western University of Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sciences emphasized collaboration, celebrating
estimates 1 in 68 children in multiple
victories and building on strengths during their
communities in the U.S. has been identified with
presentations.
autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This estimate is
roughly 30 percent higher than previous estimates,
The conference, held April 12, 2014 on WesternU’s
Pomona, Calif. campus, was organized by reported in 2012, of 1 in 88 children, according to
WesternU’s Faculty for Autism Collaboration and the CDC website.
Education (FACE), an interprofessional team of “We believe that autism, or ASD, is a treatable
educators, clinicians and researchers that promotes whole-body disorder, and it requires an
integrated perspectives, activities and resources interprofessional approach,” said FACE Chair Gail
that serve to enhance the lives of individuals with
ASD, and the lives of their significant others. Singer-Chang, PsyD, MA, MS. “We believe that
these integrated perspectives can help address the
FACE’s mission served as the foundation for the fragmentation that we have in the system. We
discussion at the conference. The health care believe ASD creates a ripple effect. It doesn’t just
system around autism is extremely fragmented, affect the individual -- it affects significant others,
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