The Minds Conference: Empowering Voices And Advancing Understanding

Mentoring Autistic Minds invites you to the 2024 Minds Conference! This conference will feature a diverse array of guest speakers, encompassing both distinguished academics and individuals from the autistic community, who will share their unique insights and research on autism. Our agenda will delve into evidence-based interventions for autistic individuals across all age groups, explore cutting-edge research in the field, and present firsthand accounts from autistic individuals.

Guest speaker lineup is:

Dr. Alyson Abel (SDSU)
Words Matter: A Discussion of Word Learning and Vocabulary

Dr. Jenny Palmiotto (Family Guidance and Therapy Center)
Past, Present, and Future of Neurodiversity-Affirming Care

Alex Hayslip (Autism Society of San Diego and Mentoring Autistic Minds)
A Coder's Story: How I Define My Autism Story

Edward Huang (Mentoring Autistic Minds)
Exopology: Autistic perspective as Natural Anthropologists

Dr. Kelsey Dickson (SDSU)
Executive Functioning: What is It, Why Does It Matter, and What Can We Do About It?

Dr. Mary Baker-Ericzen (SDSU)
Using Community-Based Participatory Research and AI to Help Autistic Teens & Adults

Each guest speaker will get up to an hour to speak.

Posters attached below! Our website is mentoringautisticminds.org