Date: Wednesday 9 October 2013
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm • Registration from 9am
Venue: Central Hall Westminster, London SW1H 9NH
Cost: £55 - Standard delegate
Keynote presentations by:
Norman Lamb MP Minister of State for Care and Support
Chris Bull Learning Disability Improvement Programme Lead Winterbourne Review
Also featuring:
John Phillipson Chair of Autism Alliance UK Jon Rouse Director General for Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships, Department of Health Jeremy Moore Director of Independent Living and the Office for Disability Issues, Department for Work & Pensions Professor Martin Knapp Director, School for Social Care Research, London School of Economics Alan Somerville CEO of Scottish Autism Jonathan Shephard CEO of Autism West Midlands Zandrea Stewart Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS)
Additional speakers and timetable to be confirmed
Workshop themes:
Theme 1: Increasing awareness and understanding
Theme 2: Developing a clear pathway for diagnosis and assessment
Theme 3: Improving access to services through personalisation
Theme 4: Helping adults with autism into work
Theme 5: Improving transition
Find out more: http://www.autism-alliance.org.uk/about/conference-2013/