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PAT AMOS

ADVOCATE OF THE MONTH - NOVEMBER 2006

www.tash.org

  Advocate of the Month: November 2006

PAT AMOS

Pat Amos is an advocate for children with disabilities. Three of her own four children experience significant sensorimotor challenges, and all of them are enjoying interesting and rewarding lives.

Kathy Wigfield said: The best day of my life was the day I met Pat Amos. She's the best, a magnificent person. She has helped in many, many ways. She is helping with legislation in New Jersey. And besides all that, she has a great sense of humor!

Pat holds her M.A. degree and has been an advocate for people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and their families for more than 20 years.

She is a founder of Autism Support and Advocacy in Pennsylvania (ASAP), a founder of The Family Alliance to StopAbuse and Neglect, past president of the Greater Philadelphia Autism Society, a founder and past president of the Autism National Committee.

Pat has served as a member of the executive committee of Pennsylvania's Developmental Disabilities Council.

Currently she serves as the Vice President for Development of TASH and on the Steering Committee of the new national Alliance to Prevent Restraint, Aversive Interventions, and Seclusion (APRAIS).

Pat will be a speaker at this year's TASH conference, as she has been at many other conferences:

 
  2006 TASH Conference Next week
  November 8-11, 2006 Baltimore, Maryland
  The TASH Conference mobilizes vast numbers of folks from around the world
  together in a common experience of belief in the presumed competence of
  every person, and in the powerful role that every person can play in empowering
  people with disabilities and their families to build the life of their choosing. This
  year’s TASH conference will feature over 2000 attendees, 450 breakout sessions,
  exhibits, roundtable discussions, poster sessions and much more. The TASH
  conference is the largest and most progressive conference in the United States
  that focuses on strategies for achieving full inclusion for people with disabilities.

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