Via mrbrown:
There is a two-day Autism and ADHD workshop conducted by Dr Michael Reiff from University of Minnesota, a specialist in Autism, on the 3rd and 4th of March 2007 (this coming Saturday and Sunday).
Details at Center for American Education website and a pdf can be downloaded here.
This is a belated thanks to Wrkshy, for her plug on sgLEAD. Quoting her last paragraph:
Overall, I think sgLEAD is an interesting effort and something I would support. I’m not sure about how I can contribute tangibly, but since I have an interest in museum and library design, and a desire to explore different ways to make art and information accessible and available to people, it’s worth joining in and checking out.
I’m reminded of the discussion with three other NLB colleagues (and one ex-colleague) one evening. We were mulling over the idea of the mailing list and blog (which was eventually created, as you see here).
“What would be it’s purpose?”
The ultimate aim for sgLEAD is to do something tangible w.r.t. Library Disability Services. Of course we could plan something concrete now, with a very definite future time-line. But the current reality is that we’re all caught up with our day jobs and what-nots. I’m not making excuses here. Just stating the facts.
So given the current reality, at the bare minimum there should then be a way for people of like-minded interests and motivation to network and share information/ experiences. Which is why we’re here. Sure, the cynics would say “It’s just talk”. I feel we have to start somewhere. At least we’re talking and sharing, which is two more things than what existed before.
And because we’re here, we get to know there’s someone like wrkshy, who has “an interest in museum and library design, and a desire to explore different ways to make art and information accessible and available to people”. That’s one piece of information, one more contact, that we didn’t have before. That counts for something.
As mentioned, ideally we should aim for something concrete. How we’ll use the contacts and network is something we’ll have to work out. For now, it’s still baby steps. It’s likely this baby will take longer than most to get to the running stage. Or it may never go beyond baby steps.
At least we’ve tried. And we’re trying something now.
