A message from Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital’s President and CEO, Julia Hanigsberg
Welcome! I’m Julia Hanigsberg and I am the President and CEO of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital.
Holland Bloorview is excited to offer Autism Insights: Research Innovations, Strategies and the Lived Experience, a virtual summit designed for parents, caregivers, health professionals and other service providers interested in autism.
There has certainly been no shortage of creative and innovative thinking at Holland Bloorview during this pandemic. This summit, a collaboration amongst our clinical staff, parent advisors, parent advocates, autistic self-advocates and researchers from the Autism Research Centre is a wonderful example of this.
As an attendee, you can look forward to hearing about the latest on autism client-and family-focused research led by world-class researchers at Holland Bloorview. You’ll also learn helpful strategies and ways in which our communities can better support children and youth on the autism spectrum and their families.
I would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the speakers in this summit, who took the time from their busy schedules to appear on video (no easy feat!) to share their knowledge, strategies and personal narratives in the hopes that you will feel supported and more confident in your parenting and/or clinical abilities during this challenging period.
Have a wonderful summit!