9th World Rett Syndrome Congress – Further Postponement

The COVID-19 pandemic causes YET another postponement of the 9th World Rett Syndrome Congress What with the influence that the COVID-19 pandemic is still having around the world, the uncertainty of both travel restrictions and extent of the vaccination process, the Committee of the Rett Syndrome Association of Australia (RSAA) has decided…

9th World Rett Syndrome Congress: Postponed to 2021

When: 29 September to 2 October 2021 Location: Surfers Paradise, Queensland RSAA first mooted the suggestion that the 9th World Rett Syndrome Congress take place in Australia at the RTT 50.1 conference held in Vienna in September 2016, an event which marked the 50th anniversary of the first publication on Rett syndrome. …

9th World Rett Syndrome Congress is to be held in Australia in late 2020

When: 30 September to 3 October 2020 Location: Surfers Paradise, Queensland RSAA first mooted the suggestion that the 9th World Rett Syndrome Congress take place in Australia at the RTT 50.1 conference held in Vienna in September 2016, an event which marked the 50th anniversary of the first publication on Rett syndrome. …

May 2016, Brisbane – Presentations and workshops given by Susan Norwell (USA), a specialist on communication in Rett syndrome

Susan Norwell M.A. Special Education, has spent the last 27 years in private practice working primarily with children on the autism spectrum and girls who have Rett syndrome. Her current focus is in teaching literacy skills for children with significant disabilities who are unable to speak, utilising augmentative communication and technology supports.   She is…

Overseas conference representation during 2016 and 2017 – Members of the RSAA Committee attended Rett syndrome conferences in Russia, New Zealand, Austria and Germany

RSAA was represented at the May World Congress in Kazan, Russia, by its Vice-President Claude Buda and Committee member Tony Cagliuso. Both are fathers who have a daughter with Rett syndrome, Annelise Buda was 6 years old at that time while Raquelle Cagliuso was 23 years of age.                          The Committee's Sue Hallenstein went to…

National Rett syndrome conference in Geelong, an outstanding success

Thank you to all those who stopped in Geelong on their Rett syndrome journey. Conference Details Dates: 19 (Thurs), 20 (Fri) and 21 (Sat) November 2015  Venue: Novotel Geelong, Victoria Theme: ‘The Rett Syndrome Journey: Pathways to Follow” Conference highlights:      At its peak, the most people in attendance…
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