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Temple Grandin @ December AANE Connections Conference

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The Conference Everyone Is Talking About

What: The Daniel W. Rosenn Annual Connections Conference

Featuring Temple Grandin and a selection of 24 workshops! The AANE Connections Conference presents important topics for parents, adults, and professionals. Register by Friday, November 3rd and receive half price tickets to KEEP THE CHANGE (a special screening event to kick off the Connections Conference; available while supplies last)!

When: Saturday, December 2, 2017 – 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM              

Where:  Bentley University 175 Forest St., Waltham, MA 02452

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Many Young Adults With Autism Also Have Mental Health Issues

Posted on by Gregory Wood

College involved “many anxiety attacks and many trips home” for Daniel Share-Strom, an autistic 27-year-old motivational speaker in Bradford, Ontario. It wasn’t just the challenge of organizing his assignments and fighting the disability office for the extra time he needed for tests. It was also managing all the aspects of daily life that most people not on the autism spectrum take for granted.

“Relationships are so much harder to understand or initiate when by default you don’t really know what certain facial expressions mean or what certain actions mean,” Share-Strom says.

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