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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
Upcoming: Autism Awareness Day
Education Minister Dame Jennifer and Health Minister Zane DeSilva will jointly be declaring 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 City Hall at noon. Since 2001 BASE has been dedicated to providing... Read more of this article
John Smith’s Bay Beach Cleanup
A group of nearly a dozen people comprised of Tomorrow’s Voices’ staff and young people from around Bermuda converged on John Smith’s Bay Beach to participate in a cleanup of the beach, with many of the young people participating in the beach cleanup were students with autism and other developmental disabilities. The beach cleanup was organized... Read more of this article
“Day After Tomorrow” Gives Back
Fuelled by the discussions held during the Centre on Philanthrophy’s 2011 Third Sector Conference, the Board of Tomorrow’s Voices actively pursued getting young people involved with the decision-making and fundraising of the charity. By April 2011 the advisory group, called “Day After Tomorrow” [DAT], made up of young professional twenty somethings,... Read more of this article
Workshop: Teaching Adaptive Behaviours
Wednesday, January 18th saw Tomorrow’s Voices Autism Centre hold its fifth monthly workshop in its year-long 2011/12 Training Institute. The 2-hour interactive workshop, titled “Teaching Adaptive Behaviours To Youth With Disabilities”, highlighted that adaptive behaviours are particularly important for youth with disabilities as these young people... Read more of this article
Upcoming: BASE Autism Workshop
To help parents and professionals increase their knowledge of how individuals on the autism spectrum learn; Bermuda Autism Support and Education Society (BASE) will offer a half day autism workshop. The autism workshop, entitled Learning Styles And Autism Spectrum Disorders will be held on Saturday January 21st at Prospect Primary School Auditorium... Read more of this article
Autism Expert Workshop: Over 40 Attendees
Dozens of teachers and parents convened at the Bermuda College on Wednesday, 13 April, 2011 to participate in an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) in the classroom workshop. The workshop was facilitated by Marietta N. Janecky, BCaBA of the world renowned Carbone Clinic. Ms Janecky started out as an instructor in 2004 and in 2007 began working as an OutReach... Read more of this article
Over 100 Attend BASE Workshop
Bermuda Autism Support and Education [BASE] hosted its largest-ever workshop when more than 100 participants took part in an all-day session led by visiting consultant Dr. Paula Kluth at Mount St. Agnes Academy on Saturday. Chicago-based Dr. Kluth is a renowned autism and inclusive schooling expert and author. She works with teachers and families to... Read more of this article
Police Advisory On Alleged Charity Collection
The Police have issued an advisory which warns of an “unknown individual” who has attended at least one home falsely claiming to be collecting donations for Autism Awareness Month. A Police spokesman said, “Once again the Bermuda Police Service would like to remind members of the public to remain vigilant regarding scams. It has come... Read more of this article
BASE Autism Charity Revamps Website
To coincide with Autism Awareness Month, BASE relaunched its website, Bermudaautism.org. The expanded site not only provides information about BASE and its services, but also links users to a wealth of information about autism. BASE consultant Susannah Cole said: “Our site is now a comprehensive online clearing house of resources for people... Read more of this article
Premier Marks World Autism Awareness Day
Premier Paula Cox today [Apr.1] proclaimed World Autism Awareness Day in Bermuda in a special ceremony on the steps of City Hall, Hamilton. Bermuda joined autism communities around the world in celebrating the fourth annual World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) – an event established by the United Nations in 2008 that aims to bring the world’s attention... Read more of this article
Premier to Proclaim Autism Awareness Day
Bermuda Autism & Support invites the community to join Premier Paula Cox on the steps of City Hall, Hamilton at 12 noon tomorrow [Apr.1] as she proclaims World Autism Awareness Day in Bermuda. Bermuda will join autism communities around the world in celebrating the fourth annual WAAD that was established following a 2007 United Nations resolution.... Read more of this article
BASE Autism Workshop: Dr. Paula Kluth
As part of Autism Awareness Month, BASE is bringing in leading autism teacher, consultant and author Dr. Paula Kluth for a special one-day workshop. The workshop – “You’re Going To Love This Kid: Educating Students with Autism In Inclusive Schools” – will be held at Mount St Agnes Academy on April 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dr. Paula Kluth... Read more of this article
