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Events from 2010 can be found in Upcoming Events
July 17-20, 2009
One Voice Conference
San Francisco, CA
To access a copy of the brochure or to register, visit the website - www.aaiddtx.org.
For more information, please contact Kathy Curtis.
The growing interest in moving our country towards a green economy is an important opportunity for Congress to not only work on legislation that supports sustainable technologies and job creation, but to also re-examine the effectiveness of the environmental regulatory system. *A critical question for the 111th Congress is whether a green economy can be achieved with the current environmental regulatory system. *
The briefing will provide an analysis of human rights-based innovations in environmental and health laws and policies that are emerging in other countries and helping to spur a green economy. Legal experts and community leaders will discuss how these innovations point to steps that Congress can take to ensure environmental protection for all people, remedy disproportionate pollution burdens harming people of color and the poor, and stimulate a green economy.
Speakers include:
• Monique Harden and Nathalie Walker, Co-Directors and Attorneys of Advocates for Environmental Human Rights • David Prince, Boardmember of Mossville Environmental Action Now • Roger Kim, Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network • Donele Wilkins, Executive Director of Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice
February 25-28, 2009
Learning Disabilities Association of America Annual Meeting
Salt Lake City, Utah
Healthy Children Project Workshop
February 4, 2009
Connecticut Forum on Environmental Health
Hartford, CT
The Learning and Developmental Disability Initiative under the Institute for Children's Environmental Health is hosting a Policy Meeting for LDDI leaders. For more information, contact Elise Miller.
January 17, 2008
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Annual Meeting
Kaiser Family Foundation
Washington, DC
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities is a coalition of approximately 100 national disability organizations working together to advocate for national public policy that ensures the self determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
Contact: Laura Abulafia
www.c-c-d.org
January 24, 2008
Department of Health and Human Services,
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development One-Hundred-Thirty-Fourth Meeting, National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council
Bethesda, MD
Email: NICHD
January 31, 2008
Senator Lautenberg's Office Meeting, with Healthy Schools Network and Children's Environmental Health Network
Topic: High Performance Green Buildings Act of 2007
Washington, DC
Contact: Claire Barnett
Healthy Schools Network
February 20, 2008
Press Release: Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative (LDDI) Publishes Scientific Consensus Statement on Environmental Factors 
Contact: Elise Miller
Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative
February 21, 2008
National Academies of Sciences Meeting on Human Health and Phthalates Washington, DC
Contact: John Brown
Email: jbrown@nas.edu
Phone: 202-334-3812
March 3, 2008
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development renaming special event
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
For More Information, Click Here
March 17, 2008
Second New York State Children's Environmental Health Symposium
Albany, NY
Contact: Stephen Boese
Phone: 518-462-0632
April 3, 2008
AAIDD Michigan Chapter Conference: Pursuing the Possibilities, Life in Your Community
Midland, MI
Contact: AAIDD Michigan Chapter
c/o Angela Martin
Developmental Disabilities Institute
268 Leonard N. Simons Building
4809 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202
April 25, 2008
2008 Arc of Maryland Convention
Baltimore, MD
Contact: Sarah Basehart, Assistant Director
The Arc of Maryland
49 Old Solomons Island Road, Suite 205
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-571-9320(Anna.) or 410-974-6139(Balt.)
May 28-30, 2008
AAIDD 132nd Annual Meeting, The New Professional: Science, Practice, Policy, Advocacy, Families, Community
Washington, DC
Contact: AAIDD
Phone: 202-387-1968
July 11-13, 2008
8th International Moebius Syndrome Conference
Parsippany, N.J.
Contact: Peggy Bakalo
Email: Bakalo@bc.edu
August 11-13, 2008
International Conference on Diverse Abilities & Innovative Supports 2008
Dole Cannery Ballrooms, Hawaii
Contact: Steven Potts
Email: stevepotts@cra.cc or
stevepotts@craconferences.com
http://www.lifelibertyandthepursuitof.com/
October 26-28, 2008
Annual Conference on Learning Disabilities "Revving up Learning"
Kellogg Center, MSU, East Lansing, MI
November 2008
AAIDD New Website Goes Live!
For More Information go to: www.aaidd.org
November 12-14, 2008
NADD 25th Annual Conference
Translating the Science: Links Between Neurotoxicants and Learning/Developmental Disabilities
Niagara Falls, ON, Canada
For More Information go to: www.thenadd.org
November 15, 2008
Healthy Lives, Healthy Minds: Environmental Impacts on Children’s Development
St. Paul, MN
December 5-6, 2008
AAIDD Board Retreat
Washington, DC
December 11-12, 2008
AAIDD Environmental Health Initative Leadership Retreat
Washington, DC
Events in 2007:
January 28-30, 2007
UCSF Summit on Environmental Challenges to Reproductive Health and Fertility
San Francisco, CA
Contact: UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health
Administrative Office Phone: (415) 353-7481
February 1-2, 2007
National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)'s 7th Annual National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: Integrating Environmental and Human Health
Washington, DC
Contact: Kelly McManus
Phone: (202) 207-0010
Email: kmcmanus@NCSEonline.org
Website: www.ncseonline.org
March 4-6, 2007
The Arc, AAIDD, AUCD, United Cerebral Palsy, and NACDD present:
The 2007 Disability Seminar: New Congress, New Opportunities
Washington, DC
Contact: The Arc of the United States
Website: www.thearc.org
April 20, 2007
Women's Health and the Environment: New Science, New Solutions
Pittsburgh, PA
Website: www.womenshealthpittsburgh.org
April 30, 2007
National Healthy Schools Day
Contact: Healthy Schools Network
Website: www.healthyschools.org
May 15, 2007
Congressional Hearing on Green Buildings: "Green Buildings: Benefits to Health, the Environment, and the Bottom Line"
Washington, DC
For more information: Read the Bill, S 506
Visit Healthy Schools Network
May 21-24, 2007
Supports for Quality Living: American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) Annual Conference
Atlanta, GA For more information, visit www.aaidd.org
June 20, 2007
Massachusetts AAIDD Chapter Presents: "Promoting a Healthier Tomorrow for our Children and Communities"
Hanover, MA
Contact: Laura Abulafia
Director, Environmental Health Initiative, AAIDD
July 25-27, 2007
Texas Association on Mental Retardation 32nd Annual Convention
Galveston, TX
Website: www.tamr-web.com
September 6-7, 2007
AAIDD Region IX Conference: It's Not Just Business As Usual
Willow Valley Conference Center
Lancaster, PA.
For reservations, visit: http://www.willowvalley.com/
More Information
September 12, 2007 -- Launch
Fall 2007 Teleconference Series -- "Priming for Prevention"
2:00 p.m. Eastern/11:00 a.m. Pacific
This seven-part teleconference series is based on the agenda of the conference, "Priming for Prevention: An Ecological Approach to Research, Education and Policy," that was to be held at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, in May 2007. Price: free Number
Website: http://www.iceh.org/LDDImeetings.html
Contact: Elise Miller, emiller@iceh.org
October 4-6, 2007
National Mid-Year Conference on Eliminating Childhood Lead Poisoning, Implementing Healthy Homes Programs, and Combating Indoor Environmental Hazards
Philadelphia, PA
For more information, visit www.leadmoldconferences.com
October 11-13, 2007
The Arc's 56th Annual National Convention
Hyatt Regency Dallas
Dallas, Texas, USA 75207
Contact: Darcy Littlefield at littlefield@thearc.org
For more information, visit: The Arc of the United States
October 18-19, 2007
The Missouri Association of County Developmental Disabilities Services Annual Conference
Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
For more information, visit: www.macdds.org
October 24-27, 2007
National Association for the Dually Diagnosed 24th Annual Conference, Physical and Mental Wellness: Promising Practices
Atlanta, GA
For more information, visit: www.thenadd.org
November 10-14, 2007
Twenty-Fourth International Neurotoxicology Conference: Environmental Etiologies of Neurological Disorders
San Antonio, TX
For more information, visit: www.neurotoxicology.com
November 27- 29, 2007
2007 National Prevention and Health Promotion Summit: Creating a Culture of Wellness, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Coordinating Center for Health Promotion (CoCHP)
Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill
Washington D.C.
For more information, visit: www.healtierus.gov
January 19 – Monroe Meyer Institute and Nebraska AAIDD, Omaha, NE: A two-hour video broadcast across Nebraska entitled, “No Neurotoxicants for Me, Please! Toxic Exposures and Developmental Disabilities: What’s the Connection?” Hosted by Michele (Gagnon) Wagner. There were approximately 100 listeners across the state.
March 15 – National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD), Boston MA: A one-hour panel presentation with Ted Schettler on the science, Elise Miller on LDDI and Michele (Gagnon) Wagner on the special concerns of the DD population. NADD serves individuals with a diagnosis of a developmental disability and mental illness.
April 21 – Kansas AAIDD: A two-hour presentation entitled, “Toxic Exposure: Reducing and Preventing Impact” given by Michele (Gagnon) Wagner.
April 24 – Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association (DDNA), Daytona Beach, FL: This was a one-hour panel presentation with Ted Schettler on scientific issues, Carolyn Graff on practical steps for DD nurses and Michele (Gagnon) Wagner on the special concerns of the DD population.
July 13 - Texas AAIDD Annual Meeting, Corpus Christi, TX: “Environmental Health for Optimal Health – Concerns of the DD Community. This was a one hour presentation given by Michele (Gagnon) Wagner.
September 18 – 20 – Neurotoxicology Conference, Little Rock AR: This was a poster presentation about the special concerns of the DD community that would be displayed as a group presentation with AAIDD, LDDI, LDA, and ASA.
October 9 – Crotched Mountain, New Hampshire: Crotched Mountain is a 900 person facility with a “university” and hospital that serves the DD community. Two presentations given by Laura Abulafia - one presentation for nurses and support professionals and one for advocates.
October 12 - 14 – The Arc, San Diego California. Sharon Davis handed out the AAIDD Wingspread Report and Fliers, and also a poster for Health Promotion booth. Thanks Sharon Davis!
October 19 – Missouri Association of County Developmental Disability Services: Two hour presentation given by Cathy Ficker Terrill, provided by Michele (Gagnon) Wagner.
October 30- November 1 –Association of Universities Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) Annual Meeting, Washington DC: Disseminate information on AAIDD ’s Environmental Health Initiative, attended by Laura Abulafia.
November 4-8 –APHA conference in Boston MA: Elise Miller disseminated AAIDD materials. Thanks Elise!
December 1-3 – AAIDD Mid-Winter Meeting, Washington, DC.: Short presentation given to AAIDD Membership on the Environmental Health Initiative's goals for 2007 and accomplishments from 2006. Presentation given by Laura Abulafia.
December 3-5 –CDC National Council on Environmental Health Meeting, Atlanta GA: Disseminate information on AAIDD ’s Environmental Health Initiative, and network with the DD and Environmental Health Communities. Attended by Laura Abulafia.
"The AAIDD Environmental Health Initiative" presentation was givien by Michele (Gagnon) Wagner at the September 2005 Neurotoxicology Conference in North Carolina. This presentation is a short 15 minute synopsis of the AAIDD Environmental Health Initiative's goals and activities and is usually part of a panel presentation with other non-profit organizations with similar progams.
"Developmental Disabilities and Environmental Toxics" presentation was givien by Michele (Gagnon) Wagner at the June 2005 National Environmental Health Association's (NEHA) annual conference in Rhode Island. This is a 45 minute presentation that includes information about the Initiative but also discusses exposures that cause DD and the special concerns of the DD community.
"Developmental Disabilities and Environmental Toxics: Tips to Avoid Exposure" presentation was givien by Michele (Gagnon) Wagner at the Ohio AAIDD State Chapter Meeting in September 2005. This presentation is a 45 minute presentation that focuses on practical tips to avoid toxic exposures in our daily lives.
"The AAIDD Environmental Health Initiative" presentation was givien by Michele (Gagnon) Wagner at the September 2005 Neurotoxicology Conference in North Carolina. This presentation is a short 15 minute synopsis of the AAIDD Environmental Health Initiative's goals and activities and is usually part of a panel presentation with other non-profit organizations with similar progams.
On May 10, 2005 the AAIDD Environmental Health Initiative, the Learning Disabilities Association of America's Healthy Children Project and the Collaborative on Health and the Environment's Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative hosted a Senate Briefing, "Chemical Exposure, Children's Health and Disability." The Briefing was sponsored by Senators Lautenberg, DeWine, Jeffords, Kennedy, Kerry and Snowe. Senate Briefing Agenda "Dear Colleague" Briefing Invitation.
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