Call for Proposals: 2019 Autism CARES Meeting |
Overview and General Information
This call for proposals includes all submissions for the 2019 Autism CARES Meeting on July 18-19 in Washington, D.C. The theme for this year’s meeting is “Ten Years of Autism CARES Act Programs: Improving the Lives of People with ASD/DD, their Families, and Communities.” This meeting will be an opportunity for MCHB-funded CARES legislation grantees (representing research, training, and state systems change stakeholders) to share information about activities within their respective networks, discuss emerging trends, and facilitate meaningful collaboration.
The meeting will be organized around three strands:
1. Increasing Equity
2. Improving Systems Performance
3. Achieving Population-Level Outcomes
1. Increasing Equity
2. Improving Systems Performance
3. Achieving Population-Level Outcomes
Plain Language Definitions for Strands:
- "Increasing Equity" means making the system more fair. Some people with ASD/DD have a hard time accessing doctors, jobs and other services because of their race, income or other identities. This strand will focus on how we are making life better for people with disadvantages.
- "Improving Systems Performance" means getting programs and providers to work together so more people can get their needs met, both now and in the future. People with ASD/DD often need many different services to help them live in their communities. This strand will focus on ways that programs connect with each other to reach common goals.
- "Achieving Population-Level Outcomes" means making things better for whole communities, not just for one person at a time. We can measure how things are getting better with numbers like employment rates or school statistics. This strand will focus on how we know if we are improving life for whole groups of people.
Note about language: Recognizing that the autism community has diverse opinions about terminology related to the identities of autistic individuals/individuals with autism, we will be following the language used by congress within the Autism CARES legislation: "individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities" or the related abbreviation "ASD/DD."
Proposals will be accepted for poster symposia sessions, which seek to deepen levels of engagement between those interested in common topics, or concurrent sessions, which showcase promising practices within the Autism CARES network.
Proposals will be accepted for poster symposia sessions, which seek to deepen levels of engagement between those interested in common topics, or concurrent sessions, which showcase promising practices within the Autism CARES network.