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CDC's National Center on
Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities & Autism Speaks
invite you to join us for a presentation by:
ROY RICHARD GRINKER, PhD
Autism at Home and Around the World: Perspectives of a
Father and Anthropologist
Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 6–8pm
TOM HARKIN GLOBAL
COMMUNICATION CENTER
Auditorium B
1600 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA
REGISTER BY APRIL 20, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/autism-awareness-event
Refreshments will be served
No charge to attend, open to the public
For additional information please contact
Melody Stevens at 404-498-3849 or
sme1@cdc.gov
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Roy
Grinker is the father of a child with autism. He is
also an anthropologist and he studies autism around the
world- looking closely at the role culture plays in how
societies identify and treat individuals with autism. In
this presentation, Grinker will discuss what we can
learn about autism diagnosis, care and advocacy from
other cultures across the globe. Dr. Grinker will also
describe his international research and will explain how
this research has affected the choices his family has
made in parenting his own daughter, Isabel. Is there an
epidemic of autism? Is autism a disability or a disease?
These are questions that Grinker will address by sharing
his international research and his personal experiences.
Roy Richard Grinker is Professor of Anthropology, Human
Sciences and International Affairs at the George
Washington University. Grinker was born and raised in
Chicago. He graduated from Grinnell College in 1983 and
received his Ph.D. in SocialAnthropology at Harvard
University in 1989. He is the author of numerous books
and articles, including Unstrange Minds: Remapping the
World of Autism (NY: Basic Books, 2007). He is currently
completing the first ever prevalence study of autism in
Korea, funded by Autism Speaks.
Presented by CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities and Autism Speaks, in
collaboration with The Marcus Autism Center; Autism
Society of America, Georgia Chapter; CADEF: The
Childhood Autism Foundation.
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