Finnish association workers receiving the attendees 
Executive director Henrietta Gyllenbögel (left) opening the press conference, and the chairperson of the planning committee, Heta Pukki (right) speaking to the press 
Juhani Vallikari, designer and leader of the Self-Help Project 
Dr Stephen Shore (left), researcher and member of the ASA board, and Dr Dinah Murray, theoretician, service consultant and tutor of university courses in autism 
Wendy Lawson, writer and lecturer 
Hanna Danmo (left) and Pia Johansson, the chairperson of the Swedish Empowerment Council 
Jody John Ramey from the USA, ran a workshop on using dance to support personal development in autistic people 
Veikko Lilja (left), writer ja filosofer whose new ideas aroused a lot of interest - here introducing David Andrewsia (right), an educational psychologist lecturing on support measures in higher education 
... and David playing his guitar in an informal evening meeting |