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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.
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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!
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Events with live web streaming
Cutting Edge Strategies to Improve Executive Function Skills 2018
Thursday & Friday, May 3 & 4, 2018 - Surrey, BC
ACT’s web streaming is LIVE online video broadcasts, in real time, of autism training events. Watch and participate with our professional live streams. Details coming soon for three more web streaming events.
Streaming 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
May 3 & 4, 2018 - Surrey
July 19 & 20, 2018 - Nanaimo
July 30 - August 3, 2018 - Surrey
August 16 & 17, 2018 - Vancouver
B.C. Community Resources
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Physicians often consider themselves able-bodied pinnacles of health, and medical students sometimes try to hide their own disabilities or health issues. But some are arguing that more openness to doctors with disabilities will help medical professionals understand patients with disabilities.
What does it mean to be a doctor with a disability?
whyy.org
Medical culture has long viewed doctors as “able-bodied in the extreme.” A growing wave of doctors with disabilities wants to challenge that.In this video from our recent Focus on Research event, Professor Anthony Bailey, Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UBC, provides an overview of the latest information on autism prevalence in Canada and responds to audience questions.
Autism Prevalence among Youth in Canada - A report of the 2018 National ASD Surveillance System
actcommunity.ca
from ACT's 14th Annual Focus on Research Filmed April 6th, 2018 Presented by Professor Anthony Bailey, Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UBC In this video, Professor Bailey, Chair of Child and...Eight years of research has uncovered extremely disturbing information about Hans Asperger, which has just been published in the open access journal Molecular Autism, under the title “Hans Asperger, National Socialism, and ‘race hygiene’ in Nazi-era Vienna.”
Hans Asperger aided and supported Nazi programme, study says
theguardian.com
Eight-year study finds pioneer of paediatrics assisted in Third Reich’s euthanasia programme
I have a lot of questions about this article! Anyone who has read Silberman's book 'Neurotribes' would wonder how Asperger could be described in such opposite ways
A journalist takes part in the simulated Autism Reality Experience, which is visiting cities across Canada. In doing so, she gains some insights into how very overwhelming a typical classroom setting can be for children on the spectrum.
Autism Reality Experience part 2 | Watch News Videos Online
globalnews.ca
Watch Autism Reality Experience part 2 Video Online, on GlobalNews.caSpecial 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