Tag: autism
Autism Workshops Scheduled For Next Week
Child and Adolescent Services at Bermuda Hospitals Board [BHB] is partnering with the Child Development Programme [CDP] and Bermuda Autism Support and Education [BASE] to offer a series of workshops related to autism. Dr. Rhiannon Luyster, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Emerson College in Boston, will present... Read more of this article
Tomorrow’s Voices Autism Awareness Events
Tomorrow’s Voices Autism Centre continues to raise awareness about autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities with a full slate of fun and creative educational and fundraising events throughout April.For a fourth year, Tomorrow’s Voices will hold its major fundraiser Eat! Shop! Give! as a fun way to raise funds while promoting local... Read more of this article
Video: Autism Awareness Day Proclamation
Premier Craig Cannonier hosted a Proclamation ceremony today [Apr 2], as Bermuda recognizes World Autism Awareness Day. He was joined at the podium by Ahmani Peets, a 10 year old boy with autism, who delivered an eloquent speech about his experiences. According to Bermuda Autism Support and Education Society [BASE] there are approximately 106 children... Read more of this article
Bermuda To Recognize Autism Awareness Day
The Bermuda Autism Support and Education Society [BASE] will be a holding a Proclamation ceremony tomorrow [Apr 2] at 12.30 pm on the steps of the Cabinet Office on Front Street, as Bermuda recognizes World Autism Awareness Day. The Proclamation will be read by Premier Craig Cannonier. A spokesperson from BASE said, “Every year, more children... Read more of this article
Premier To Launch Autism Awareness Month
Premier Craig Cannonier will officially declare April 2 World Autism Awareness Day as Bermuda officially marks the beginning of Autism Awareness Month. Bermuda Autism Support & Education [BASE] has organised the event, which will be held at the Cabinet Office at 11 a.m. Since 2001 BASE has been dedicated to providing autism-related information,... Read more of this article
Tomorrow’s Voices Training Institute Seminar
Tomorrow’s Voices – Bermuda Autism Early Intervention Center will host a workshop on Wednesday, February 27th, 6-8 pm at Tomorrow’s Voices [The Sunshine League Building - #27 King Street, Hamilton]. The workshop is entitled “Applied Behavioural Analysis: a Toolkit for Analyzing and Improving Learning and Behaviour.”The Training... Read more of this article
Tomorrow’s Voices Autism Awareness Events
Tomorrow’s Voices Autism Centre has been busy over the last couple of weeks with various activities raising awareness of Autism and Developmental Disabilities. On Saturday September 29th more than 250 children and adults turned out at Southampton Rangers Sports Club, in spite of the weather, to attend the 2nd Annual Bounce for Autism Fun Day. The... Read more of this article
Upcoming: Annual Bounce For Autism Fun Day
Tomorrow’s Voices will be hosting their 2nd Annual Bounce For Autism Fun Day on Saturday, [Sept 29] at the Southampton Rangers Sports Club from 2:00pm to 9:00pm.A spokesperson said, “The day is designed to help Tomorrow’s Voices raise awareness of Autism while celebrating those young people and adults who live successfully every day with... Read more of this article
Autism Programme Extended Into Second School
Yesterday [May 31] Minister of Education Dame Jennifer Smith announced the expansion of the Autism Spectrum Disorder [ASD] programme – an initiative which started in 2011 – into a second school. Dame Jennifer said medically diagnosed cases of autism have “increased dramatically internationally over the past several years and the same is true... Read more of this article
Video: World Autism Awareness Day
New data released last week shows the number of children with autism is increasing dramatically and Bermuda Autism Support and Education [BASE] says the need for autism awareness has never been greater. According to new figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US, 1 in 88 American children has some form of autism spectrum... Read more of this article
