Panel: Voices Across the Spectrum

May 26

Note: Please enjoy this legacy content from our 2021 World Autism Conference. Any CEU information in this video previously applied to the 2021 World Autism Conference and is no longer current nor available. Thank you for understanding.

We bring you a 90-minute in-depth panel of diagnosed individuals sharing their questions and personal insights into the topics that matter most to those who are diagnosed and to those who want to help.

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Samantha Craft, M.Ed.

Samantha Craft, M.Ed. (a.k.a. Marcelle Ciampi), a respected Autistic author, international ambassador, and inspirational community builder, is best known for her writings found in the well-received blog and book Everyday Aspergers.

Sameer Dahar

Sameer Dahar is a gifted young adult with autism. As he is primarily non-vocal he is a strong advocate for those who have no voice.

Jeffrey Freed, M.A.T.

Jeffrey N. Freed, M.A.T has his Bachelor of Science degree from Temple University and a Master’s degree in Education from Northern Arizona University. He has specialized in working with both gifted children and people with autism for over 35 years.

Wenn Lawson, Ph.D.

Dr. Wenn Lawson of Australia, autistic lecturer, psychologist, researcher, advocate, writer, and poet, has passionately shared professional and personal knowledge of autism over the past 3 decades.

Stephen Shore, Ed.D.

Diagnosed with "Atypical Development and strong autistic tendencies" and "too sick" for outpatient treatment, Dr. Shore was recommended for institutionalization. Nonverbal until four, and with much support from his parents, teachers, wife, and others, Stephen is now a professor at Adelphi University where his research focuses on matching best practice to the needs of people with autism.

Theresa Wrangham

Theresa became a parent advocate as a result of her youngest daughter's life-threatening asthma, as well as her oldest daughter's diagnosis of an Autism Spectrum Disorder. She views health holistically and brings an experienced parent's perspective on raising healthy children affected by asthma and ASD to her advocacy work.

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