Oprah-Winfreying Crowds at the Autism Society National Conference
July 15, 2011 It was a pleasing opportunity to kick our DVD release into the end zone of the Autism Society's popular annual conference last post-July Fourth weekend. Willing to leave total work of leading presentation to planner, practiced Powerpointer, Gerry Wurzburg, Tracy and I mumbled our prepared, typed commentary to the entirely Oprah-Winfreying-our-every word, picture-popping audience at the gala-ready convention center in Orlando. It was lots of opera-like applause that we milked, signing DVDs and posing for movie star, passing as old actors like Ted Danson of B-movie stardom, for pictures. Larry Bissonnette is an advocate and artist who lives in Milton, Vermont and has had his work exhibited regularly both locally and nationally. In 1991, Larry learned to communicate through typing and began combining words with his art to express his thoughts and ideas. Over the past 15 years, he has been a featured presenter at many educational conferences and has written and spoken on the topics of autism, communication and art. For more coverage of the Autism Society’s 42nd conference, click here! And if you’re a “Tracy and Larry groupie” that missed the stars of Wretches & Jabberers at the conference, don't fret! The keynote will be posted online soon on our Conference Page.
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Submitted by: rbrown1205 Date: July 16, 2011
Working in the school system, I have been able to work with autistic children in the classroom. It is a great thing that the Autism Society is doing, along with so many other organizations nationwide. Autism Speaks is also very active in my area (central Connecticut), and I wrote about attending an event that was sponsored by them a couple of years ago. http://brightsales.org/?p=3