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Conferences

If you have information on a health or disability related conference that should be included here, please send an e-mail message to Linda Rowley at rowley@waisman.wisc.edu. For inclusion on this list, information on the conference must be located on a web page to which we can link. Additionally, the event must be of national or international significance. Inclusion on the this list will be left to staff discretion.     July 2009       The MAGIC Foundation for Children's Growth Annual Convention http://magicfoundation.org/www/docs/967/childrens_convention/ July 24-27 Westin Hotel Chicago North Shore Wheeling, Illinois National Down Syndrome Congress http://www.ndsccenter.org/news/events.php July 31-August 2, 2009 Sacramento, California 2009 Sotos Syndrome Support Association Conference http://www.sotossyndrome.org/conference.php July 31 - August 2, 2009 Salt Lake City Sheraton Salt Lake City, Utah   August 2009 Acoustic Neuroma Association 19th National Symposium http://www.anausa.org/symposium.html August 14-16, 2009 The Drake Hotel Chicago, IL Disorders of the Corpus Callosum Conference 2009 http://www.nodcc.org/dcc_conference.php August 14, 15, 16 2009 Marriott Indianapolis East Hotel Indianapolis, Indiana 4th International Conference on Patient- and Family-Centered Care http://www.familycenteredcare.org/conference.html August 17-19, 2009 Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Philadelphia, PA 10th World Down Syndrome Congress http://www.wdsc2009.com/ August 19th – 22nd 2009 Dublin, Ireland       May 2005 Wrightslaw Advocacy Conference http://www.education-a-must.com/conference_05_wrightslaw.html May 6 - 7, 2005 The Highlander Inn Manchester, NH   6th World Congress on Brain Injury http://www.icms.com.au/braininjury/ May 2005 Melbourne, Australia   Common Threads - Canadian Down Syndrome Society http://www.wrdss.ca/conference.html May 12 - 14, 2005 Waterloo Ontario, Canada   Attention Deficit Disorder Association 11th Annual Conference - New Frontiers in AD/HD http://www.add.org/conferences/annual.html May 12-15, 2005 Tucson, Arizona   ADARA - American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association http://www.adara.org/ May 26 - 29, 2005 Renaissance Orlando Resort at SeaWorld Orlando, FL   June 2005 Amputee Coalition of America http://www.amputee-coalition.org/annual_meeting_future.html June 15-17, 2006 Sheraton Bloomington Hotel Minneapolis, Minnesota   National Transition Conference - Guiding Youth with Disabilities to Employment http://www.ncset.org/summit05/ June 16 and 17, 2005 Capital Hilton Washington, DC   Immune Deficiency Foundation National Conference http://www.primaryimmune.org/conferences/conf_2005.htm June 23 - 25, 2005 Orlando, Florida   RESNA's 28th International Conference on Technology & Disability http://www.resna.org/Conference/2005Conference/2005conf.php June 23 - 27, 2005 Hyatt Regency Atlanta, GA   Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association Regional Parent Conference http://www.apraxia-kids.org/talk/webannouncement.html June 24 - 25, 2005 Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix Art Museum, Whiteman Hall   Spina Bifida Association of America Annual Conference http://www.sbaa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=sbaa_conference_2005 June 26-29, 2005 Minneapolis, Minnesota   American Association for Klinefelter Syndrome Information and Support http://klinefeltersyndrome.org/2005_AAKSIS_National_Conference.html July 29 - 30, 2005 Crowne Plaza Atlanta Airport Hotel Atlanta Georgia   2005 Angelman Syndrome Foundation Biennial Conference http://angelman.server295.com/angel/index.php?id=106 June 29-July 2, 2005 Anaheim, California! July 2005 2005 NCIL Annual Independent Living Conference http://www.ncil.org/Conferences/index.html July 11-14, 2005 Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel Washington DC   Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association Regional Parent Conference http://www.apraxia-kids.org/talk/webannouncement.html July 15 - 16, 2005 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Villanova University, Villanova Room at Connelly Center   Lissencephaly Network National Conference http://www.lissencephaly.org/Conference/Conference.htm July 15th-17th, 2005 Ft. Wayne, Indiana   Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum - NAPE 2005 Annual Conference http://www.pxenape.org/ArticleArchive/NLv11n2/2005conference.html July 15 & 16, 2005 Holiday Inn Brentwood Los Angeles, California   International Dyslexia Association - Research to Practice: Advances in Reading and Literacy http://www.interdys.org/servlet/compose?section_id=7&page_id=212 July 21-23, 2005 Omni Shoreham Hotel Washington, DC   United Leukodystrophy Foundation International Conference http://www.ulf.org/programs-events/conferences.html July 21-23, 2005 South Point Conference Centre DeKalb, Illinois   Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association Regional Parent Conference http://www.apraxia-kids.org/talk/webannouncement.html July 22 - 23, 2005 Atlanta, Georgia Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Stage 2   International CHARGE Syndrome Conference http://www.chargesyndrome.org/miami.htm July 22 - 24, 2005 Miami, Florida   2005 SOFT Conference - Support Organization for T18, T13 & Related Disorders http://www.trisomy.org/ July 28 – 31, 2005 Rochester Marriott Airport Hotel Rochester, NY 14615   Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association Regional Parent Conference http://www.apraxia-kids.org/talk/webannouncement.html July 29 - 30, 2005 San Jose, California Los Gatos Lodge, El Gatos Room   Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome Educational Foundation 11th Annual Meeting http://www.vcfsef.org/Foundation/Conferences/2005/index.htm July 29-31, 2005 Syracuse Sheraton University Hotel Syracuse, New York   National Organization of Disorders of the Corpus Callosum http://www.nodcc.org/index.asp?action=conference_upcoming#conference_05 July 29-31, 2005 Embassy Suites Golf Resort & Conference Center Greenville, South Carolina   August 2005 AHEAD - Association on Higher Education & Disability http://www.ahead.org/training/conference/2005_conf/ August 2-6, 2005 Midwest Express Center Milwaukee, WI   United Ostomy Association National Conference http://www.uoa.org/events_conference.htm August 3-6, 2005 Anaheim Marriott Anaheim, CA   National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI) Family Conference http://www.spedex.com/napvi/2005%20National%20conference%20page.htm August 12-14, 2005 Galt House Hotel Louisville, Kentucky   September 2005 Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, 33rd Annual Convention http://sicklecelldisease.org/ September 7 - 10, 2005 Renaissance Inner Harbor Hotel Baltimore, Maryland   American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Annual Meeting 2005 http://www.aacpdm.org/index?service=page/annualMeeting2005 Sept. 14-17, 2005 Omni Orlando Resort at Championsgate Orlando, Florida   Job Accommodation Network Conference 2005 http://conference.jan.wvu.edu/ September 26-27, 2005 Westin San Francisco Airport San Francisco   October 2005 DEC International Conference on Young Children with Special Needs and Their Families http://www.dec-sped.org/conference_04/about_the_conference.html October 13-16, 2005 Portland, Oregon   23rd Annual Closing The Gap Conference http://www.closingthegap.com/ Oct 20 - 22, 2005 Sheraton Bloomington & Hotel Sofitel Minneapolis, Minnesota   26th Annual Fall Conference on Mainstreaming Students with Hearing Loss: Empowering Students http://www.clarkeschool.org/mainstreamfall.html October 20 - 21, 2005 Sheraton Springfield Springfield, MA   17th Annual International Conference on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder http://www.chadd.org/webpage.cfm?cat_id=14&subcat_id=26 Hope, Resiliency and Success: AD/HD Interventions for a Lifetime October 27 - 29, 2005 Dallas, TX   November 2005 TASH International Conference on Inclusion http://www.tash.org/ November 9 - 12, 2005 Midwest Airlines Center Milwaukee, WI   International Dyslexia Association 56th Annual Conference http://www.interdys.org/servlet/compose?section_id=7&page_id=213 November 9-12, 2005 Adam's Mark Hotel Denver, CO   December 2005 World Congress and Exposition on Disabilities http://www.wcdexpo.com/ Dec. 1-3, 2005 Pennsylvania Convention Center Philadelphia, PA   NAEYC Annual Conference and Expo 2005 http://www.annualconference.naeyc.org/ The National Association for Education of Young Children conference is the largest meeting of its kind for early childhood educators and professionals. December 7-10, 2005 Washington DC   2006 Technology and Media Division of the Council for Exceptional Children http://www.tamcec.org/ January, 2006 Caribe Royale All-Suites Resort Orlando, Florida   Learning Disabilities Association of America 2006 Conference http://www.ldanatl.org March 1 - 4, 2006 Hilton New Orleans Riverside New Orleans, Louisiana   CSUN - International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference http://www.csun.edu/cod March 2006 Hilton Los Angeles Airport and Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotels Los Angeles, California    Council for Exceptional Children 2004 Annual Convention and Expo http://www.cec.sped.org/ April 5-8, 2006 Salt Lake City, Utah   AHEAD - Association on Higher Education & Disability http://www.ahead.org/training/conference/2006.htm July 18 - 22, 2006 Town and Country Resort and Convention Center San Diego, California   National Marfan Foundation http://www.marfan.org/nmf/GetSubContentRequestHandler.do?sub_menu_item_content_id=69&menu_item_id=91 July 6 – 9th, 2006 Loews Philadelphia Hotel Philadelphia, PA   9th World Down Syndrome Congress http://www.wdsc2006.com/ August 22 - 27, 2006 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada   Closing the Gap Conference http://www.closingthegap.com/  October 2006 Sheraton Bloomington - Hotel Sofitel Minneapolis, MN   36th National Spina Bifida Association Conference http://conference.spinabifidaassociation.org/ June 30 - July 3, 2009 Swan and Dolphin Resort Orlando, Florida   July 2009 National Conference on Childhood Apraxia of Speech http://www.apraxia-kids.org July 9 - 11, 2009 Pheasant Run Resort St. Charles, Illinois 13th American Stickler Syndrome Conference http://www.sticklers.org/sip2/content/view/9/11/ July 10-12, 2009 Four Points Sheraton West L.A. Los Angeles, CA Autism Society of America http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_conference_faq July 22-25, 2009 Pheasant Run Resort and Spa St. Charles, IL

Additional Conference Resources

• LD Online
  LD Online maintains a list of conferences related to Learning Disabilities
   
• Rehabilitation Conferences
  Maintained by Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange
   
• Education Conference Calendar for 2005
  Center on Children and Technolgy