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Please circulate widely:

There is still time to register for Autreat 2005!

Autreat is a retreat-style conference RUN BY AUTISTICS PEOPLE, for
autistic people and our friends and families. Autreat 2005 will take
place on June 27-July 1 at a small university campus in the
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area. For fee information, registration
form and further autreat information, check out ANI's website at:
http://www.ani.ac.

If you can't attend all four days of Autreat, you may register on a
daily basis. The schedule below can help you decide which day(s) to
choose.

Registration and payment should be recieved by postal mail until June
15. If you decide to register but are unsure whether your registration
arrives on time, send out registration form and payment, and in
addition, send email to Jim Sinclair, Autreat coordinator, at
jisincla@syr.edu, to let Jim know that you have mailed your
registration, how many people, ages of any children, if you are staying
all four days or only some days (and if so, which days), staying
overnight or off-site, including meals or not.

Autreat 2005 schedule
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MONDAY, JUNE 27

4:00-5:15 p.m. Arrival and check-in
5:15-6:00 p.m. Orientation
6:00-7:30 p.m. Dinner
Campus tour and other activities after dinner

TUESDAY, JUNE 28
7:30-9:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:30-10:15 a.m. Self-Advocacy for All Autistics
   Susan Golubock, M.Ed., OTR/L
10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Meaning and Practice of Acceptance: Long-Term
and Short-Term Goals for Autistic Children
  Sola Shelly
12:00-2:00 p.m. Lunch
Pool open 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Other afternoon activities to be determined
4:15-6:00 p.m. "Ask an NT" Panel
   Jim Sinclair, moderator ;Panelists to be announced
6:00-7:30 p.m. Dinner
Pool open 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Informal evening discussions, topics to be determined

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29
7:30-9:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:30-10:15 a.m. Developing Leisure Skills and Promoting Social Skills
for Teens Through Assistive Technology
  Barbara Stern Delsack, MSPA/CCC
10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. BECOMING UNFRAZZLED: Tools and Strategies to Help
Highly Sensitive People to Feel Safe and Empowered
  Eline M. Glas, OTR/L, Reiki  I, II and III
12:00-2:00 p.m. Lunch
Pool open 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Other afternoon activities to be determined
4:15-6:00 p.m. Applying Jigsaw Learning to Promote Social Inclusion of
Included Autistic Students
  Lauren Pierce, doctoral graduate student
6:00-7:30 p.m. Dinner
Pool open 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Informal evening discussions, topics to be determined

THURSDAY, JUNE 30
7:30-9:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:30-10:15 a.m. Self-Determination
  Jody Saitsky, Bill Krebs, and Charles Haley, Speaking For Ourselves
10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. SAA RED: A Method of Identifying Interaction
Components Without Losing Your Self-Identity
  Rachele J. Jones, M.A.
12:00-2:00 p.m. Lunch
Pool open 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Concert by special guest Connie Deming
Other afternoon activities to be determined
4:15-6:00 p.m. Alternatives to Speech and Real-Time Communication
  Joel Smith
6:00-7:30 p.m. Dinner
Pool open 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Informal evening discussions, topics to be determined
Participatory sing-along with Connie Deming

FRIDAY, JULY 1
7:30-9:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:30-10:15 a.m. False Dichotomies and Other Rhetorical Ploys (and how
they distort the public discourse about autism)
  Phil Schwarz, Vice President, Asperger's Association of New England
10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Farewell gathering
12:00-2:00 p.m. Lunch, check-out, departure