March 23, 2011
It’s a developmental disorder that’s being diagnosed with
increasing frequency in children all around the world, and while
there’s currently no cure for autism, new interventions are making
a lasting difference for patients and their families. On Monday,
March 21, 2011 educators and legal professionals discussed these
interventions at “Autism and the Law”, the featured topic of the Alumni Insider’s
View…The Carol Gresser Forum. The presentations focused on the
ways in which the rights of autistic children need to be protected
to ensure their complete inclusion into the educational
process.
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“Conferences like this spread the word that we need to
appreciate the differences that autistic children and adolescents
bring to the table as students,” said Gary S. Mayerson, Esq.,
Founding Attorney of Mayerson and Associates, a law firm that
concentrates almost exclusively on representing and advocating for
children and adolescents diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders.
"When the members of the academic and legal communities work
together, both the autistic child and society as a whole come out
ahead.”
For information about Alumni Insider’s View…Programs in general,
please call Mark Andrews, Associate Director, Office of Alumni
Relations at (718) 990-5897 or e-mail andrewsm@stjohns.edu.
For information about Alumni Insider’s View…Programs on the Staten
Island campus, please call Nicholas A. Legakis ’97SVC, ’07MPS,
Director, Institutional Advancement, Staten Island at (718)
390-4146 or e-mail legakisn@stjohns.edu