Twelve families, consisting of over 50 people, attended our fourth annual Indiana Rett Syndrome Group picnic on Sunday, August 13. Our thanks to the entire Bradshaw extended family for putting on a great picnic, to Advantage Home Health Care for providing the hamburgers and hot dogs and to the volunteer clowns for providing the wonderful entertainment. The keynote speaker will be Kathy Hunter, president of the International Rett Syndrome Association. Other speakers include our own Dr. Bhuwan Garg, a pediatric neurologist at Riley Hospital and Dr. Tina Iyama, a pediatrician from UW-Madison. Scholarships are also available.
Full details are available in the enclosed conference brochure.
The convention will be held in the Indiana Convention Center and RCA Dome. The International Rett Syndrome Association will be sponsoring an information booth in the Exhibit Hall on Thursday and Friday during the convention and I will be working in the booth. Currently completely booked. It contains over 120 delicious recipes donated by families and friends whose lives have been touched by Rett Syndrome. This might have been a big event in our lives if not for the fact that this will be Claire's fourth year in public school, having started in special education the fall after she turned three.