First National Meeting on Ageing in People with Autistic Spectrum Conditions:
What about old age?
Venue: The Research Beehive, Newcastle University, 29 October 2009, 09.00 - 17.00
Aims: The meeting will address the ageing process and problems in people with Autistic Spectrum Conditions.
Topics:
- Identifying medical, nursing, social, housing, human rights and other age-related needs
- Scale of demand for services across the UK
- Role of both the Department of Health and local authorities in assessing demand and costs, and of the voluntary sector in providing services.
How to Book:
Download the full meeting flyer and booking form
Organisers:
Dr. Elizabeta Mukaetova-Ladinska,
Mr Michael Baron MBE
Prof. Elaine Perry
Invited Speakers:
Virginia Bovell OBE, Founder Parent of TreeHouse, TreeHouse Adviser and NAS Councillor
Professor Isabel Cottinelli Telmo, Council of Administration, Autism-Europe
Professor Margaret Esiri, Neuropathology, Oxford University
Elaine Hill, Specialist Adviser for Autism, Department of Health
Professor Tony Holland, Developmental Psychiatry (Learning Disabilities), Dept of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge University
Professor Greg O’Brien, Learning Disabilities, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Trust, Northumbria University
Psychological Changes and Cognitive Impairment in ASC:
Professor Dermot Bowler, Dept of Psychology, City University, London
Ageing in ASC:
Dr Ian James, Consultant Clinical Psychologist,
Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Trust
Michael Baron MBE, Chair NAS 1962-67, Parent
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick, GP, Parent
Potential Therapies:
Dr Elizabeta Mukaetova-Ladinska, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist/Clinical Lecturer, Newcastle University
Professor Elaine Perry, Neurochemical Pathology, Newcastle University
Palliative Care in Learning Disability:
Dr Claud Regnard, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Oswald’s Hospice, Newcastle upon Tyne
Medical Problems in Elderly ASC:
Professor John Starr, Edinburgh University
Ageing Services for ASC:
Richard Mills, Director of Research, NAS
Carol Povey, Head of Adult Services, NAS
Dr Gina Gómez de la Cuesta, Action Research Leader, NAS
