Events in 2008:
January 17, 2008
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Annual Meeting
Kaiser Family Foundation
Washington, DC
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities is a coalition of approximately 100 national disability organizations working together to advocate for national public policy that ensures the self determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society.
Contact: Laura Abulafia
www.c-c-d.org
January 24, 2008
Department of Health and Human Services,
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development One-Hundred-Thirty-Fourth Meeting, National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council
Bethesda, MD
Email: NICHD
January 31, 2008
Senator Lautenberg's Office Meeting, with Healthy Schools Network and Children's Environmental Health Network
Topic: High Performance Green Buildings Act of 2007
Washington, DC
Contact: Claire Barnett
Healthy Schools Network
February 20, 2008
Press Release: Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative (LDDI) Publishes Scientific Consensus Statement on Environmental Factors
Contact: Elise Miller
Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative
February 21, 2008
National Academies of Sciences Meeting on Human Health and Phthalates
Washington, DC
Contact: John Brown
Email: jbrown@nas.edu
Phone: 202-334-3812
March 3, 2008
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development renaming special event
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
For More Information, Click Here
March 17, 2008
Second New York State Children's Environmental Health Symposium
Albany, NY
Contact: Stephen Boese
Phone:
518-462-0632
April 3, 2008
AAIDD Michigan Chapter Conference: Pursuing the Possibilities, Life in Your Community
Midland, MI
Contact: AAIDD Michigan Chapter
c/o Angela Martin
Developmental Disabilities Institute
268 Leonard N. Simons Building
4809 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202
April 25, 2008
2008 Arc of Maryland Convention
Baltimore, MD
Contact: Sarah Basehart, Assistant Director
The Arc of Maryland
49 Old Solomons Island Road, Suite 205
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-571-9320(Anna.) or 410-974-6139(Balt.)
May 28-30, 2008
AAIDD 132nd Annual Meeting, The New Professional: Science, Practice, Policy, Advocacy, Families, Community
Washington, DC
Contact: AAIDD
Phone: 202-387-1968
Events in 2007:
January 28-30, 2007
UCSF Summit on Environmental Challenges to Reproductive Health and Fertility
San Francisco, CA
Contact: UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health
Administrative Office Phone: (415) 353-7481
February 1-2, 2007
National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)'s 7th Annual National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: Integrating Environmental and Human Health
Washington, DC
Contact: Kelly McManus
Phone: (202) 207-0010
Email: kmcmanus@NCSEonline.org
Website: www.ncseonline.org
March 4-6, 2007
The Arc, AAIDD, AUCD, United Cerebral Palsy, and NACDD present:
The 2007 Disability Seminar: New Congress, New Opportunities
Washington, DC
Contact: The Arc of the United States
Website: www.thearc.org
April 20, 2007
Women's Health and the Environment: New Science, New Solutions
Pittsburgh, PA
Website: www.womenshealthpittsburgh.org
April 30, 2007
National Healthy Schools Day
Contact: Healthy Schools Network
Website: www.healthyschools.org
May 15, 2007
Congressional Hearing on Green Buildings: "Green Buildings: Benefits to Health, the Environment, and the Bottom Line"
Washington, DC
For more information: Read the Bill, S 506
Visit Healthy Schools Network
May 21-24, 2007
Supports for Quality Living: American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) Annual Conference
Atlanta, GA
For more information, visit www.aaidd.org
June 20, 2007
Massachusetts AAIDD Chapter Presents: "Promoting a Healthier Tomorrow for our Children and Communities"
Hanover, MA
Contact: Laura Abulafia
Director, Environmental Health Initiative, AAIDD
July 25-27, 2007
Texas Association on Mental Retardation 32nd Annual Convention
Galveston, TX
Website: www.tamr-web.com
September 6-7, 2007
AAIDD Region IX Conference: It's Not Just Business As Usual
Willow Valley Conference Center
Lancaster, PA.
For reservations, visit: http://www.willowvalley.com/
More Information
September 12, 2007 -- Launch
Fall 2007 Teleconference Series -- "Priming for Prevention"
2:00 p.m. Eastern/11:00 a.m. Pacific
This seven-part teleconference series is based on the agenda of the conference, "Priming for Prevention: An Ecological Approach to Research, Education and Policy," that was to be held at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, in May 2007. Price: free Number
Website: http://www.iceh.org/LDDImeetings.html
Contact: Elise Miller, emiller@iceh.org
October 4-6, 2007
National Mid-Year Conference on Eliminating Childhood Lead Poisoning, Implementing Healthy Homes Programs, and Combating Indoor Environmental Hazards
Philadelphia, PA
For more information, visit www.leadmoldconferences.com
October 11-13, 2007
The Arc's 56th Annual National Convention
Hyatt Regency Dallas
Dallas, Texas, USA 75207
Contact: Darcy Littlefield at littlefield@thearc.org
For more information, visit: The Arc of the United States
October 18-19, 2007
The Missouri Association of County Developmental Disabilities Services Annual Conference
Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
For more information, visit: www.macdds.org
October 24-27, 2007
National Association for the Dually Diagnosed 24th Annual Conference, Physical and Mental Wellness: Promising Practices
Atlanta, GA
For more information, visit: www.thenadd.org
November 10-14, 2007
Twenty-Fourth International Neurotoxicology Conference: Environmental Etiologies of Neurological Disorders
San Antonio, TX
For more information, visit: www.neurotoxicology.com
November 27- 29, 2007
2007 National Prevention and Health Promotion Summit: Creating a Culture of Wellness, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Coordinating Center for Health Promotion (CoCHP)
Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill
Washington D.C.
For more information, visit: www.healtierus.gov
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