Community Conversation About Autism, Fire Safety and Emergencies, October 14 at 11am PT

 The Almaliti home the morning of the fire, after fire crews had extinguished the flames.

Please see a summary write-up of this event here


You are invited to join us via Zoom for a 
Community Conversation About 
Autism, Fire Safety, and Emergencies

Wednesday, October 14, 11am-noon Pacific (2-3pm Eastern)

The tragic deaths of two cherished friends have raised a number of questions in the autism community. This informal Zoom conversation will address issues many of us are grappling with in the aftermath. What could have prevented this tragedy? What can other autism families do to prepare? Are new programs and policies needed?

Conversation leaders:

Alycia Halladay, friend and Autism Science Foundation (moderator)
Maysoon Salah, sister to Feda Almaliti and aunt to Muhammed
Lubna Salah, sister to Feda Almaliti and aunt to Muhammed
Kate Movius, friend and L.A. Found
Navah Paskowitz-Asner and Matt Asner, friends and Ed Asner Family Center
Karen Fessel, friend and Mental Health and Autism Insurance Project
Mizpah Brown-Rich, friend and Joshua's Gift
Jill Escher, friend and National Council on Severe Autism

There will be time for community input and questions. We look forward to seeing you at this event.

No need to register, simply login to the Zoom Meeting:
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Meeting ID: 977 0123 6207

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Sponsored by:

Jill Escher, President

Jill Escher is president of the National Council on Severe Autism and the mother of two children with nonverbal forms of autism. Through the Escher Fund for Autism she promotes and funds research on the genetic toxicology of autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions, and she has served on the governing council of the Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society, where she co-chairs its Germ Cell and Heritable Effects special interest group. She was president of Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area from 2013 to 2019 and, through her family business, Claradon Properties, provides housing to adults with developmental disabilities in the Bay Area. See more of her work at jillescher.com.

https://www.jillescher.com/
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