MEETING SCHEDULE
Location: Meetings are virtual via Zoom.
When: 6:30 – 8:30 pm on the fourth Tuesday evening of each month.
Contact: Monique Castillo and Meaghan Flemming-Buck, ASPEN Co-Chapter Coordinators
Email: moniquercastillo@gmail.com
Annual membership is $35 for families and $55 for professionals, and includes access to our Lending Library, Free Meetings, a Resource Directory, Newsletter and Reduced Costs at ASPEN’S Spring and Fall Conferences. The one family membership fee encompasses parents and grandparents. Individual speaker meeting fees for non-members are $5.00 person. Speaker meeting fees are waived while meetings are still being held virtually.
Our Family Support/Information Sharing Meetings are open to family members and individuals with Asperger’s Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified; High Functioning Autism and Nonverbal Learning Disability. Share our meeting schedule with others who could use the support.
| DATE | SPEAKER/FAMILY SUPPORT |
TOPIC |
| September 18, 2021, 10:30 a.m. | Michael John Carley, Autism Consultant; Panel of Autistic Adults | Philadelphia Autism Project’s Life on The Spectrum Presents: Sex Education & Dating and Relationships |
| October 26, 2021, 7:00 p.m. | Parent – Grandparent – Caregiver Support | Information Sharing & Support |
| November 30, 2021, 6:00 p.m. | Dr. Wendy Aita, Psychologist | ASD & Anxiety: Mental Health and Mindfulness |
| December 23, 2021, 6:00 p.m. | Parent – Grandparent – Caregiver Support | Information Sharing & Support |
| January 25, 2022, 6:30 p.m. | Panel Discussion for Transition to Independent Living | Specialists, independent adults, and their parents come together to talk about the process of leaving home and managing a sustainable independent life |
| February 22, 2022, 7:00 p.m. | Parent – Grandparent – Caregiver Support | Information Sharing & Support |
| March 30, 2022, 7:00 p.m. | Dr. Shiri Sella, Psychologist | Pandemic-Related Regression |
| April 19, 2022, 7:00 p.m. | Parent – Grandparent – Caregiver Support | Information Sharing & Support |
| May 24, 2022, 6:00 p.m. | Karen Edler, Attorney | What’s The Plan When You’re Gone? |
| June 21, 2022, 7:00 p.m. | Parent – Grandparent – Caregiver Support | Information Sharing – Lending Library |
| July – Aug, 2022 | Summer Break | No Meetings – Summer Break |
