Learning Objectives:
1) To look at the effectiveness of early education and therapy and how it is beneficial
2) To discuss problems autistic people have with over sensitivity and to look at different methods for overcoming oversensitivity
3) To gain a better understanding of how people with Autism think
4) To look at some of the latest brain research on Autism
5) Understanding Medications – How do you make a decision looking at risk versus benefit – try one thing at a time
6)To look at the importance of careers for those with Autism and Aspergers - Neglected fields, and how most people stop at High School
7) To understand the three things that contribute to development for those with Autism
8) Development of Pallet
9) Mentoring – High school and the workplace
10) Ones that need medication to take it, others don’t. Why low dose is often enough.

Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is inarguably the most accomplished and well-known adult with autism in the world. She has been featured on major television programs, such as "ABC's Primetime Live", the "Today Show", "Larry King Live", "48 Hours" and "20/20" and written up in national publications, such as Time magazine, People magazine, Forbes, U.S. News and World Report, and New York Times. Among numerous other recognitions by media, Bravo Cable did a half-hour show on her life, and she was one of the "challenged" people featured in the best-selling book, Anthropologist from Mars.