Sunday, July 24, 2011

International conference on autism live webcast at globalautism.org

The leading website on Autism www.globalautism.org will webcast live International conference on autism on 25-26 July 2011. Comjagat Technologies is providing support for live webcast of the event.

The Government of Bangladesh, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University’s Centre for Neurodevelopment & Autism in Children and Autism Speaks Global Autism Public Health Initiative, supported by World Health Organization and The South Asian Regional Office of WHO, is organising a conference on “Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities in Bangladesh and South Asia” from July 25-29, 2011.

The conference will include professional training sessions; stakeholder and panel discussions on awareness and advocacy, education, services and research on autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities with the objective of addressing the autism challenges in Bangladesh and South Asia.

Autism Speaks’ Global Autism Public Health Initiative is the largest autism science and advocacy organisation in the USA, committed to increasing awareness, funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and cure for autism and advocating for the needs of individuals with autism and their families.

Location: Ruposhi Bangla Hotel, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Among the notable dignitaries who will be present in the International Conference are Bangladeshi Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Indian National Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza, Sri Lankan first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa and the Maldives second lady Ilham Hussain.

Press release

1 comment:

  1. I'm too late for this conference. Anyway, I want to give a warm of applause to all the members who have made this conference about autism possible. Good job and may you continue helping and spreading good news about autism.

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