Upcoming Live Events
ACT provides a wide-range of autism-related training to parents and professionals, mostly at Simon Fraser University's Downtown Campus in Vancouver, Canada. We also web stream events and these are open to registrants internationally. We offer bursaries to parents and professionals, targeting low-income participants.
Visit our events page to see our eight 2018 upcoming events:
B.C. Resources
Looking for autism & special needs resources specific to British Columbia? Visit the new B.C. Resources page to find community agencies, recreational activities, service providers, support groups, education & employment, community events, the autism manual, new diagnosis hub, transition to adulthood, and much more!
Find Autism Information
Find practical autism resources with the AID search. We've made it even easier to find resources and tools for parents and professionals with a new subject listing. Free and relevant world-wide.
You can also find 自閉症社區訓練協會 (ACT in Chinese), ACT in Punjabi, Online Mental Health & Autism Project: Looking Beyond Autism, and Autism Research.
Autism Videos @ ACT
AVA - Autism Videos @ ACT covers practical topics on issues across the lifespan - free! We have nearly 30 videos, grounded in research and good practice, providing reliable, non-commercial information to help professionals and parents. ACT videos by leading practitioners from a wide-range of professional backgrounds, allow ACT to serve the autism community internationally, no matter where our viewers live. No registration is required!
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Social Stories with Carol Gray - July 19 & 20, 2018 - Nanaimo, BC
Social Stories can play an essential role in enhancing communication and bringing down anxiety among individuals with ASD. Over the past two decades, Social Stories, and their innovator, Carol Gray, have earned the respect of parents, professionals, and people with autism, for their utility in providing clear explanations of what is often a confusing social world.
Event Details
The Essentials of Advocacy: A Parent’s Guide to Advocating for their Child with Special Needs
This presentation highlights essential information for parents, and the professionals who support them, in understanding the systems that control access to services for children with special needs.
Watch NowSearch the Autism Information Database
Search over 1,000 vetted information resources related to ASD, including online articles, videos, and websites.
Upcoming Events
July 19 & 20, 2018 - Nanaimo
July 30 - August 3, 2018 - Surrey
August 16 & 17, 2018 - Vancouver
August 24th, 2018 - Vancouver
B.C. Community Resources
News from ACT on Facebook
A video from McGill University delivers a message about the importance of thinking critically when we are presented with treatments based on conspiracy theories. And with millions of views, the message is definitely getting out there.
Canadian video debunking fake online health claims becomes viral hit | CBC News
cbc.ca
A Canadian science communicator wanted to show how people's emotions and desire for easy answers can be manipulated when it comes to science and health information. His fake video with a very real mes...When New Zealand teenager Nathan Carter first started to run races, the starter’s gun bothered him so much that he had to keep his hands on his ears. Now he’s winning so many races his mother thinks he might someday represent his country as an athlete.
From autistic teen to cross country champion
newshub.co.nz
Nathan Carter's mother says he could now feasibly represent New Zealand.
I love this! So brilliant! Except the headline. He's not gone from being one to being the other. He's both and absolutely brilliant.
This is what it looked like when prom night went well for a British teenager on the spectrum.
Autistic boy's mum hails 'kind' classmates
bbc.co.uk
Brodie Smith had set off for his school prom alone when he was met by the five girls in their car.
#Canada_thinks_because_of_Jasmine_disability #she_has_no_feelings_and_thoughts_of_her_own? #They_think_wrong, #Einstein_Mozart_Newton_and_many_geniuses_were_autism #Our_life_was_destroyed_forever_in_5years_ago_without_any_reason #I_believed_that_Canada_was_a_country_made_of_principles #human_rights_and_democracy #I_thought_wrong #Canada_has_killed_my_Jasmine's_soul_forever #Jasmine_was_only_6Y_old... chn.ge/2NgMQvx via @CdnChange
I think it's sad that being included at our own proms is newsworthy.
“Not only will machine learning help clinicians screen children earlier, but the algorithms might also offer clues about treatments.” A detailed look at efforts to develop machine learning that might someday help to diagnose autism.
Deep Dive | Spectrum | Autism Research News
spectrumnews.org
In-depth analysis of important topics in autism research.Special Needs Community Events
ACT lists workshops and conferences in B.C. related to autism and other special needs that are provided by local agencies and organizations.
View Community Events自閉症社區訓練協會 | ACT in Chinese
ACT 自閉症社區訓練協會，
是加拿大卑詩省內針對家有自閉症兒童的家庭提供諮詢及轉介服務的非營利機構。
ACT in Punjabi
ACT has been able to both create and identify valuable resources for the Punjabi-speaking community in British Columbia.
View Punjabi-language Resources