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A<\/span>A<\/span>S<\/span>C<\/span>E<\/span>N<\/span>D<\/span>\u2019s<\/strong> 9th conference on adult autism, Neurodiversity Leaders 2016,<\/strong><\/span> was an inspiring success! Keynote speakers Sondra Williams,<\/strong> winner of the Ohio State Governor’s award for her autism advocacy work, and Dr. Hackie Reitman,<\/strong> former heavyweight boxer, physician, and founder of the online neurodiversity community Different Brains, anchored the conference. The theme of autism as a form of neurodiversity rather than simply a disorder united the program. Panels and breakout sessions highlighted opportunities for autistic people in finance, employment, dating, sports, the arts, and other areas.<\/p>\n

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An array of remarkable people presented on panels and in a refreshing variety of breakout sessions. Many others worked behind the scenes to make the conference a success. Thank you to all!<\/p>\n

Here are some pictures of the day. If we accidentally violated your privacy with any of the pictures please let us know so that we can fix the error, with our apologies. And if there isn\u2019t a picture of you it\u2019s likely we just didn\u2019t have one!<\/p>\n\n\t\t