Day 2 – part one!
July 9, 2008
Here are some photos of the amazing Gaylord Palms Resort and the Conference center.
Alligators! Very cool!
Favorite Sessions for today:
Cam: My first 20 years, Learning to be an effective advocate. This was presented by Jordan Ackerson and Lisa Lieberman, Valerie Paraeiz, and Elijah Wapner. This was great because it had people on the spectrum and their mothers explaining how self determination and self advocacy have helped them in their lives. Awesome.
Favorite thing that he did today:
Jordan: I tried sushi and I liked it! It tasted different, like cold rice and greens, but I liked it!
Craig: Cooking Fresh Salmon last night and having some really good sushi today. Good eats.
Jamie: I like hanging out at the exhibit hall and finding some fun stuff at one of the jewelry places there! I also like to go swimming and that has been fun!
Hello Blackwell family!
I just wanted to thank all of you for sharing your experiences today! I can’t tell you how valuable it is as a mother of a 4yr. old son with asperg. to learn from your journey! Wow! What an inspiring family! Thankyou again! I plan to take what I have learned from you, esp. what Cam. said about not giving up on these kids, back to my friends of children on the spectr. and to the many teachers and therapists I know and work with! What a blessing from God it was to be here and get to learn from you all! God Bless you all!
Catherine Puetz
You guys rocked today!!!
Catherine-
Thank you. It was a blast for us as well meeting you. It seems like everyone has a really ‘exceptional story at conference like this and we draw strength from them. Thanks for dropping by our site and I hope you enjoy the rest of the conference! Feel free to visit the forum. I will be adding other pictures of our ASA experience to the site as well later today!
Best regards;
Eric