Disability:IN DC Metro, General Dynamics IT’s AbilityFirst and HOLA Employee Resource Groups present “Perspectives on Autism”, an event that brings together experts and industry professionals to promote autism awareness and acceptance.
“Perspectives on Autism”
April 29, 2021
Noon – 2pm ET
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This program will feature Craig Leen and Professor Kristina Lopez, PhD as keynote speakers, panel discussion and several mini-sessions, touching on topics such as the transition from school to work, hiring individuals with autism, balancing home and work with an autistic child in the family and autism in the Hispanic/Latinx community. Teresa Thomas, Program Lead, Neurodiverse Talent Enablement at MITRE and Scott Gibson, Chief Strategy Officer at Melwood will join a panel of GDIT leaders.