Autism and the Arts Conference/June 25 & 26

The arts can be a powerful tool in working with children on the autism spectrum. Michael Pizzi, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, founded an organization, Touching Humanity, to help get that message out and now Touching Humanity is putting on the its first conference: Creative, Expressive and Performing Arts and Autism, June 25 & 26, 2010 in New York City. The conference has a full slate of speakers relating to all aspects of the arts and autism and there is content appropriate for parents and other caregivers as well as professionals working with children on the spectrum. If you are in NYC at the end of June, do check it out.