“Full scholarships are available for the Chicago and Virtual Town Halls.”
To request a scholarship, please e-mail afaa@autismspeaks.org.

Friday, November 13, 2009
Check-In begins at 10:30AM (EST)
Program 11:15AM-5:30PM (EST)

The Virtual Town Hall meeting will greatly enhance the objective of the Advancing Futures for Adults with Autism National Town Hall. Just as in Chicago and at the satellite site locations, this Virtual Site will engage participants in key issues facing adults with autism, leading to a set of priorities for action.

The purpose of the virtual meeting, is to engage more people in deliberation who, for various reasons, may be unable to travel to Chicago or to any of the satellite sites to participate in person. This online meeting will provide access to those unable to attend and to those in rural communities, so that they may have an equal voice in the process. Broad geographical participation will strengthen the impact of the Town Hall Meeting on decision makers. The participants in the virtual meeting will have the ability to interact and vote in real time, and their votes and opinions will be valued just the same as those of all other participants.

The Virtual Site will work in the same way as the main site in Chicago, as well as the 15 satellite sites, with full participatory technology. This virtual site will include up to 100 participants. Through the use of online and telephone facilitated group discussions, fast-cycle themed feedback of discussion results, and keypad polling, participants will engage in informed and thoughtful deliberations about key issues affecting the future of adults with autism.

Pre-registration is required. Please register at www.afaa-us.org/virtual. For more information, contact Serena Selkin at sselkin@autismspeaks.org or call (917) 475-5059.