Neurodiverse Symposium & Resource Fair

Please join us for our 2023 Neurodiverse Symposium and Resource Fair!  Parents, family members, caregivers, educators and community members interested in learning more about neurodiverse support services are invited to attend!  The practical information provided during the symposium will provide you with useful information to needed to navigate through elementary school to adulthood.  Breakfast and Lunch will be provided by Blue Willow Cafe!

Interested in being a vendor at our Resource Fair?

Vendors- Register Here

Costs for Vendors (Costs include Table, Chairs, Breakfast and Lunch):

$100.00 For Profit Vendors

$50.00 Non Profit Vendors

Agenda:

9:00 am- 9:50 am: REGISTRATION, BREAKFAST & RESOURCE FAIR

9:50 am - 10:00 am: WELCOME

10:00 am - 11:00 am: LEGAL, FINANCIAL, AND GUARDIANSHIP ADVICE

                                          MITZI KINCAID, ESQ, KINCAID & ASSOCIATES

11:00 am - 11:45 am:  EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION & PLANTATION VILLAGE STORY

                                          ELIZABETH HICKS, COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM SPECIALIST, DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION,

                                                   NC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                                          ALYSSA M. PAQUIN, SHRM-CP

                                                    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, PLANTATION VILLAGE

11:45 am - 12:15 pm: COMMUNITY COLLEGE PREPARATION

                                         MONICA HERRICK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TRANSITIONS FOUNDATION-NC

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm:  LUNCH AND RESOURCE FAIR

1:00 pm- 1:30 pm:  WORK TOGETHER NC - HOUSING INITIATIVE, 

                                        BRIANNE TOMASZEWSKI, PH.D., ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPT OF PSYCHIATRY, UNC TEACCH AUTISM PROGRAM,   UNC 

1:30 pm - 2:15 pm:  AUTISM HOUSING PANEL DISCUSSION

                                       CAROLINA MATT, BRIANNE TOMASZEWSKI, MEAGHAN DENNISON, CEO, CAPE FEAR COLLECTIVE

                                       SUZANNE ROGERS, MPH, CITY OF WILMINGTON

2:15 pm - 3:00 pm:  HOUSING FOCUS GROUP-HOME FOR A LIFETIME: ILM ENDOWMENT GRANT

                                        CAROLINA MATT,

                                        FOUNDER, INDEPENDENTWORKS

                                        SUSAN SILVER,

                                        FOUNDER, CITY PLACE