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- Rge registration booth at The Arc’s 2011 National Convention was always a busy place.
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- Temple Grandin meets attendees Saturday at The Arc’s 2011 National Convention.
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- Mohan Mehra speaks to attendees during the opening plenary at The Arc’s National Convention 2011.
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- Temple Grandin (left) receives The Arc’s 2011 Image and Inclusion Award from the 2010 winner, Lauren Potter, and The Arc’s CEO, Peter Berns.
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- Temple Grandin speaks to attendees at The Arc’s 2011 National Convention.
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- Ashley Wolfe (left) receives the 2011 Researcher in Action Award from The Arc’s Chief Research and Innovation Officer, Ann Cameron Caldwell.
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- Richard E. Hemp receives the Distinguished Researcher in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Award from The Arc’s Chief Research and Inovation Officer, Ann Cameron Caldwell.
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- Peter V. Berns speaks to attendees at The Arc’s 2011 National Convention.
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- Lauren Potter greets fans at The Arc’s 2011 National Convention.
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- An attendee at The Arc’s 2011 National Convention has fun bowling Saturday night.
Day one of The Arc’s National Convention was extraordinarily successful. This year’s theme “Achieving New Heights” resonated through each session on our agenda. Together we are achieving new heights and finding new and innovative ways to grow as a movement, as an organization, and as individual advocates.
In our first day of activities we had the opportunity to learn from Dr. Temple Grandin about issues facing individuals with autism and how to provide better employment opportunities for them, presented Ashley Wolfe and Ricard E. Hemp well deserved awards for their remarkable work in I/DD research, and had the great pleasure of listening to Dr. David Braddock whose work remains a benchmark for advocates to use in their efforts to improve resources for families and their loved ones with I/DD. Not to say we didn’t also have fun with events like “Lucky Nights at Lucky Strike” where Lauren Potter from the hit television show “Glee “spent the night bowling and dancing with other attendees.
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To view recent media coverage on the convention, check out this blog post.