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Getting to Yes – Supporting Your Advocacy with High Impact Strategies to be an Effective Advocate
Saturday, July 16, 2016: 8:30 AM-9:45 AM
Galerie 1 (New Orleans Marriott)
This session will be an informative and interactive workshop on how applying the advocacy cycle principles to your advocacy toolbox can get you to a yes of support for enacting systems change at the local, state, and national levels. Today, the lives of people affected by autism are dictated by different and varied legislation and policies on all levels of government. By understanding how to gather both qualitative and quantitative information to support your case, you can become an effective advocate and thought leader in your community.
Track: Public Policy/Advocacy
Content Area: National Advocacy
Presenters:
Susan Kabot, Ed.D., CCC-SLP
Mailman Segal Institute Autism Center of Nova Southeastern University
Susan received her Ed.D. in education from Nova Southeastern University. She is a Florida licensed speech-language pathologist and holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech/Language/Hearing Association. She has been an active participant in autism-related organizations and has served on the Board of Directors for the Broward County Chapter of the Autism Society of America, The Broward Autism Foundation, and the constituency board of the Miami Center for Autism and Related Disorders. She is the mother of an adult son, Michael, with autism.
Tonia Ferguson
Autism Society