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Research volunteers wanted: Ageing and people with Prader-Willi Syndrome.
Joyce Whittington and Tony Holland have been awarded a grant from the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research to look at the risk of early onset Alzheimer's Disease in PWS. They are looking for parents and carers of people with PWS aged 40 years or older who would be willing to be interviewed about the person they care for. If you are able to help, please contact Jackie Waters at the PWSA (UK) office, jackie@pwsa-uk.demon.co.uk

August 25 - 30, 2008 The IASSID 13th World Congress will be held at the International Conference Centre, in Cape Town, South Africa. http://www.iassid.org/
Abstracts from the Congress are available in Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 52, Parts 8 and 9.
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October 6 -7, 2008 Decision-making in real-life situations by men and women with an autism spectrum condition Autism and Neuroscience Conference, Royal Society, London
Lydia Luke, Isabel Clare and Howard Ring. http://www.arc-conference.com/

2007 Data from the research project undertaken by Panagiotis Siaperas are reported in this recently published assessment: Movement Assessment Battery for Children - Second Edition (Movement ABC-2) by Sheila E Henderson and David A Sugden. http://www.harcourt-uk.com/Product.aspx?n=1315&s=2035&cat=2048&skey=3763

2007 Financial Decision-Making. Guidance for supporting financial decision-making by people with learning disabilities.
Irenka Suto, Isabel Clare and Tony Holland (Kidderminster: BILD Publications) more info

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