2008 AUCD Annual Meeting & Conference, Washington, DC, November 12

National Disability Conference Spurs Sense of Hope and Change

Michael Strautmanis speaks at 2008 AUCD Annual Meeting and Conference in Washington, DC
Michael Strautmanis (second from the right) speaks at 2008 AUCD Annual Meeting & Conference at Washington, DC.

From left to right:
William E. Kiernan, UCEDD Director, Institute for Community Inclusion, UMB;
Julio C. Abreu, the Senior Director of Government Affairs for Mental Health America;
Marty Ford, the Director of Legal Advocacy for The Arc and UCP Disability Policy Collaboration;
Michael Strautmanis, Director of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs;
Nathan L. Gonzales, political editor of The Rothenberg Political Report.

SILVER SPRING, MD (November, 17, 2008)- AUCD recently concluded its highly successful annual association meeting and conference that opened with a video of President-elect Barack Obama's Disability Policy speech and concluded with an uplifting presentation by a member of the new Administration's Transition Team, Michael Strautmanis, Director of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs. Strautmanis provided the AUCD network a clear overview of the President elect's disability agenda and demonstrated a deep understanding and sincere commitment to disability related issues.
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In Memoriam: Lawrence Taft, MD, MPH (1924-2008)

Dr. Taft's early training included a 2-year NIH Pediatric Neurology Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital. In 1956, he established one of the earliest multidisciplinary clinics for the evaluation and treatment of children with developmental problems clinics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In 1973, Dr. Taft become the chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the newly-established Rutgers Medical School, now called Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Taft was one of the early advocates to have developmental disabilities recognized as a subspecialty of Pediatrics. 

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