State of the Art Conference on Postsecondary Education and Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

The National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2010 National State of the Art Conference on Postsecondary Education and Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities sponsored by NDSS and the George Mason University. The conference will be held on October 28 and 29 at George Mason University’s new conference center in Fairfax, Virginia. The conference is being cosponsored by the Steve Riggio family, the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration, ThinkCollege, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD), and the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. The conference is dedicated to the memory of Melissa Riggio.

This conference will provide an opportunity for students, parents, researchers, colleges and universities and practitioners to meet with top experts in the field and hear about exciting postsecondary initiatives across the country. The conference registration is expected to fill up fast. If you are interested in attending we encourage you to register immediately.

If you are a person with Down syndrome or a family member of a person with Down syndrome and the cost of travel and registration prohibits your participation, contact Beth Finkelstein, NDSS VP of Community Relations, to inquire about possible support from NDSS.

For more information and registration, go to: http://www.ndss.org/images/stories/NDSSresources/pdfs/invitation%20-%20final.pdf or visit www.ndss.org.