Past Seminars

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Seminar 16: Integration of Adults with Autism into the Whole of Society

This seminar addressed independent living challenges for adults with autism such as:

• Assessment & Diagnosis
• Treatment
• Government Benefits (CA State Developmental Disability Programs/SSI)
• Employment Supports

Segment 1 – Introduction & ASD Diagnosis and Assessment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAroQBNlT1M

Segment 2 – CBEM Program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuWDD0rNlgU

Segment 3 – Medications & 2nd Wave Symptomatology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqGCTRjviyc

 Segment 4: SSI and or SSDI for Autism Disability: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y1qlp2kxA8

This Seminar was held on December 6, 2016 at the Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library, San Francisco, California.

Speakers:

Robert L. Hendren, DO, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science; Co-Director of the UCSF Dyslexia Center; and Director, Neurodevelopmental, Translational Outcomes Research Program (NTORP); STAR Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Program, University of California San Francisco

 

Vanessa Bal, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, STAR Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Program, University of California San Francisco.

 

Steven Bruce, Esq., Legal Director, People With Disabilities Foundation, San Francisco, California

 

Pilar Gonzalez, Esq., Attorney/Clients’ Rights Advocate, Office of Clients’ Rights Advocacy, Disability Rights California, San Francisco

 

Sherri Kimbell, MA, LPC, PhDc, Program Director, Creating Behavioral Educational Momentum (CBEM), Napa, California

 

Moderated by People With Disabilities Foundation (PWDF)