Media Relations
Press Release:
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Sherry
Thomas
561-297-2328,
sthomas@fau.edu
Author and Autism Expert to Speak at FAU
Roy Richard Grinker, Author of “Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism,” toAddress Community at Conference on Autism
WHAT:
Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Autism and
Related
Disabilities (CARD), a unit of FAU’s College
of Education,
will host a presentation by Roy Richard
Grinker,
a professor of anthropology at George
Washington
University in Washington, D.C. and author
of
“Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of
Autism.”
WHEN:
Saturday, April 12
9 to 10:30 a.m.
WHERE:
Florida Atlantic
University, McArthur Campus
Administration Building, Room 119
5353 Parkside Drive
Jupiter, FL
COST: Free and open to the public
CONTACT:
For more
information on this event, contact CARD
at 561-297-2055 or e-mail
card@fau.edu
Grinker, the father of a child with autism, will make his remarks at CARD’s Second Annual Parents Helping Parents Conference. Grinker’s research has taken him around the world to better understand the impact of autism in other countries. During this lecture, he will address his appraisal of the autism community in the United States. The lecture and conference are free and open to the public, but interested persons must register by April 9.
