For the ninth year in a row, Africa’s foremost financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, will bring together some of the world’s leading experts in Autism for two days of critical discourse on supporting children and adults living with Autism in Africa.
Organized as part of the GTBank’s Orange Ribbon Initiative, the Annual Autism Conference will hold on the 30th and 31st of July 2019 at the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos.
Themed, “Autism: Transitions, Vocational
skills and The Role of Technology,” the Annual Autism Conference will bring to the fore the
challenges facing children living with Autism as they grow into adulthood. The
conference will feature presentations and keynote addresses on how to empower
children and adults living with Autism to reach their full potential. Some of
the facilitators include Dr. Loretta Burns, a leading expert in the field of
neurodevelopmental disorders and the founder of ABE International Clinic; Dr.
Tisa Hooper-Johnson, the Medical Director of the HFHS Center for Autism and
Developmental Disabilities (CADD), USA;
Janette Washington, a speech-language pathologist with nearly a decade
of experience working with children living with autism and other special needs;
and Ivie Emokpae, a qualified special needs coordinator from the Institute of
Education London.
Following the Autism conference will be free one-on-one consultations for children with Autism and other developmental challenges, as well as counseling for parents and guardians. There will also be sessions for Speech Therapy, Physical Therapy, Behaviour Analysis, Audiology, Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychiatry, Physiotherapy, and Occupational Therapy. These sessions will hold from Thursday, August 1st to Tuesday, August 6th, 2019 at Digital Village, Alausa, Lagos.
Commenting on the 9th Annual Autism
Awareness Conference, Segun Agbaje, the Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty
Trust Bank plc, said; “Children and adults living with autism often lack
the support and vocational training that they need to develop critical life
skills for leading independent and productive lives. As an organization that is
passionate about uplifting the most vulnerable in our society, we will continue
to empower people living with autism with all the support and resources that
they need to reach their full potential.”
Guaranty Trust Bank plc is a
Nigerian financial institution that has maintained a defined Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) strategy since its inception in 1990. The Bank actively
supports numerous programmes across Africa that positively affect Infant and
Maternal Healthcare, Education, the Arts, Community Development and the
Environment.
