Autism and Aging
Hi everybody. I have been too busy to blog recently - first it was writing up school reports then I went on holiday. I still am on holiday in Australia. But I thought I better get this out straight away. It comes from an email from Michael Barron, one of the founding fathers of the NAS. Those parents who founded the NAS way back when in 1962 are getting old and so are their children.
So Michael has helped to organise the first national conference on autism and old age. The recent NAS “I exist” campaign has given a voice to many other autistic adults who often grew up without the benefit of early diagnosis and campaiging parents. They are the new pioneers of autism. I hope that this meeting will provide an opportunity for them to unite with those early autism parent pioneers to help to secure a future for all autistic adults who are entering into old age.
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/iah/autism/
First National Meeting on Ageing in People with Autistic Spectrum Conditions:
What about old age?
Venue: The research Beehive, Newcastle University 29. October 2009 09-17.00
Aims: The meeting will address the ageing process and problems in people with Autistic Spectrum Conditions. Topics:
- Identifying medical, nursing, social, housing, human rights and other age-related needs
- Scale of demand for services across the UK
- Role of both the Department of Health and local authorities in assessing demand and costs, and of the voluntary sector in providing services.
How to Book:
Download the full meeting flyer and booking form
Organisers:
Dr. Elizabeta Mukaetova-Ladinska,
Mr Michael Barron, MBE
Prof. Elaine Perry
Invited Speakers:
*to confirm
*Virginia Bovell, OBE, Founder Parent of TreeHouse, TreeHouse Adviser and NAS Councillor
Professor Isabel Cottinelli Telmo, Council of Administration, Autism-Europe
Professor Margaret Esiri, Neuropathology, Oxford University
*Professor Francesca Happe, King’s College, London
Elaine Hill, Specialist Adviser for Autism, Department of Health
Professor Tony Holland, Developmental Psychiatry (Learning Disabilities), Dept of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge University
Professor Greg O’Brien, Learning Disabilities, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Trust, Northumbria University
Psychological Changes and Cognitive Impairment in ASC:
Professor Dermot Bowler, Dept of Psychology, City University, London
Ageing in ASC:
Dr Ian James, Consultant Clinical Psychologist,
Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Trust
Michael Baron, MBE, Chair NAS 1962-67, Parent
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick, GP, Parent
Potential Therapies:
Dr Elizabeta Mukaetova-Ladinska, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist/Clinical Lecturer, Newcastle University
Professor Elaine Perry, Neurochemical Pathology, Newcastle University
Palliative Care in Learning Disability:
Dr Claud Regnard, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Oswald’s Hospice, Newcastle upon Tyne
Medical Problems in Elderly ASC:
Professor John Starr, Edinburgh University
Ageing Services for ASC:
Richard Mills, Director of Research, NAS
Carol Povey, Head of Adult Services, NAS
Dr Gina Gómez de la Cuesta, Action Research Leader, NAS
