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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) North Dakota’s Autism Spectrum Disorder Task Force will meet Monday, June 30, 2014, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. using eight video conference-equipped meeting sites across the state.
Advocates, parents, the public, and other interested individuals are invited to participate in the meeting from these locations:
Bismarck – N.D. Department of Human Services – Prairie Hills Plaza office, 1237 W. Divide Ave., Door 2, Ste 1, Prairie and Rose Rooms
Devils Lake – Lake Region Human Service Center, 200 Hwy 2 S.W., East Conference Room
Dickinson – Badlands Human Service Center, 300 13th Ave. W., Ste 1, Basement General Staff Conference Room
Fargo – Southeast Human Service Center, 2624 9th Ave. S., Red River Room
Grand Forks – Northeast Human Service Center, 151 S. Fourth St., Ste 401, Meeting Room 5E
Jamestown – South Central Human Service Center, 520 Third St. N.W., Meeting Rooms 124-126
Minot – North Central Human Service Center, 1015 S. Broadway, Ste 18, Conference Room 411
Williston – Northwest Human Service Center, 316 Second Ave. W., Conference Room B200
Agenda items include updates on the Consensus Council’s Autism Group, and the Support Autism in North Dakota grant administered by the North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities at Minot State University.
The N.D. Department of Health will provide an update on the Autism registry, and the N.D. Department of Human Services will give an update on the Autism waiver, voucher program, and upcoming fall N.D. Autism Spectrum Disorders Conference.
The N.D. Department of Public Instruction will give a State Education Autism Guidelines update. Task force members will review the 2010 N.D. Autism Survey, and will discuss parent training, and the task force’s ongoing Autism Plan development efforts.
An agenda is online at www.nd.gov/dhs/info/publicnotice/index.html. More information on autism-related activities is on the Web at www.nd.gov/dhs/autism.
Individuals with disabilities who need accommodations can contact Julie Huwe at 701-328-8920, toll free 800-755-2719, ND Relay TTY 800-366-6888, or jhuwe@nd.gov.