Keynote Speaker, David Kirby, Author, Evidence of Harm David Kirby has been a professional journalist for 17 years, and has written for The New York Times for more than a decade. David Kirby's first book "Evidence of Harm, Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic debuted at number 27 on The New York Times bestseller list. The book has sparked a national debate and Kirby has appeared on such varied media venues as Meet the Press, The Today Show, Imus in the Morning, Montel Williams and Air America.

Dr. Martha Herbert -- Dr. Martha Herbert is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, a Pediatric Neurologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, a member of the MGH Center for Morphometric Analysis, and an affiliate of the Harvard-MIT-MGH Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging. She is director of the TRANSCEND Research Program (Treatment Research and Neuroscience Evaluation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders). Dr. Herbert earned her medical degree at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Dr. Philip DeMio -- Dr. DeMio is the father of a child with autism, and has been an M.D. for over twenty years. He graduated from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine with honors in metabolism, women and children’s health, and neurosciences. Prior to medical school he taught and worked in the organic chemistry laboratory at Creighton University in Omaha Nebraska. He is a DAN! physician, an author of medical topics including alternative and conventional medicine, and is accredited for speaking nationally on medical topics including brain toxicology, nutrition, and use of supplements in health and disease for children and adults.

Cheryl Leuthaeuser, DO -- Dr. Cheryl has extensive experience in working with children on the autism spectrum. Through the use of SRT, osteopathic manipulation, nutritional supplements and a variety of chelating agents, wonderful results have been achieved. Dr. Leuthaeuser is a graduate of Ohio University and the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine (OUCOM). She completed her residency in Family Medicine at The Cleveland Clinic’s South Pointe Hospital where she continues to train medical students as an OUCOM Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine.

Kelly Dorfman, M.S., L.N. -- Kelly Dorfman is a health program planner and nutritionist with twenty five years of clinical experience. Her specialty is developing nutrition and lifestyle strategies to address complex health problems from autism to bone loss to rare genetic disorders. Physicians and other medical professionals refer cases to her for insight when traditional methods do not attain optimal results.

Fees: $80/parent (one or both days, same price)

$150/professional (one or both days, same price)

Special hotel room rate: $89

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Walk Now for Autism
Washington, DC 2008

Saturday, November 8, 2008
The National Mall

Join Autism Speaks as we tackle autism! Experience the power of thousands united by a single cause by joining Walk Now for Autism. Start a corporate, school or family team today!

Walk Now for Autism offers everyone a fun-filled experience with entertainment, refreshments, an autism community resource fair, and much, much more. Be sure to raise $100 to earn your commemorative Walk Now for Autism t-shirt. We look forward to seeing you at the event!

You can visit our walk page to join our team, make a donation or create your own team! We hope to see you there.
http://www.walknowforautism.org/c.otJUJ3MPIuE/b.3621243/siteapps/teampage/ShowPage.aspx?c=otJUJ3MPIuE&b=3621243&sid=gqIQK5PEKeJJKXNNE

November 19-20, 2008 : Charleston, WV -

sponsored by the West Virginia Advocates, Inc. Speakers: Pete and Pam Wright.

Two-day Special Education Law & Advocacy Boot Camps

Two-day Special Education Law and Advocacy Boot Camps (12 hours) are more intensive and personalized. Participants have opportunities to network. In a Wrightslaw Boot Camp, you learn how to use special education statutes and regulations to get answers to your questions; to use tests and measurements to measure educational progress; chart out test scores; write SMART IEPs goals and objectives; create paper trails; write effective letters, and use advocacy strategies to negotiate for appropriate special education programs.