Mentoring Autistic Minds is thrilled to announce our latest Minds Conference for 2025! For our conference, we’ll be hosting from multiple voices, autistic and non-autistic, telling us about the future of neurodiversity. Speakers will come from multiple backgrounds and multiple organizations friendly to the neurodiversity movement! We’ll be hosting our Minds Conference for this year at the Balboa Park Club (Santa Fe Room) on August 2nd from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM!
Here are our speakers:
Speaker #1 (9:35 AM to 10:30 AM): Dr. Teresa Girolamo (San Diego State University)
Title: Services and Supports in Young Adulthood: Following the Lead of Autistic People and Families
Speaker #2 (10:35 AM to 11:30 AM): Dr. Lawrence Fung (Stanford University)
Title: The Future of the Strengths-based Model of Neurodiversity
Speaker #3 (11:35 AM to 12:30 PM): Edward Huang (Mentoring Autistic Minds)
Title: Invisible But Not Imaginary: An Autistic Premed's Journey
Speaker #4 (12:35 PM to 1:30 PM): Elena Tiffany (Disability Voices United)
Title: The Basics and Benefits of Self-Determination Program
Speaker #5 (1:35 PM to 2:30 PM): Martin Slyngstad (Spire Autism)
Title: The Future We Deserve: Building a World That Welcomes Every Mind
Speaker #6 (2:35 PM to 3:30 PM): Dr. Andrea Davis (Positive Development)
Title: The Importance of Being An Advocate for Neurodiversity
