Healing Circle - Autism Acceptance by Dr. Stacy Greeter
Wed, Apr 10
|Oneco Hope Global Methodist Church
Join the Multicultural Health Institute for our monthly Healing Circle held every 2nd Wednesday at 6pm!
Time & Location
Apr 10, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Oneco Hope Global Methodist Church, 2112 53rd Ave E Apt 4, Bradenton, FL 34203, USA
About the event
We're back! The Multicultural Health Institute's first Healing Circle of 2024 is Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 6pm via Zoom or in-person at 2112 53rd Ave E, Bradenton, FL 34203. Register here: http://tinyurl.com/mhihealingcircle2024
This April, the Multicultural Health Institute recognizes National Autism Month. According to the CDC, Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability caused by differences in the brain. Some people with ASD have a known difference, such as a genetic condition. Other causes are not yet known. Scientists believe there are multiple causes of ASD that act together to change the most common ways people develop. We still have much to learn about these causes and how they impact people with ASD.
ASD occurs in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. It is more than 4 times more common among boys than among girls. Prior to 2016, the percentage of children identified with ASD by 8 years of age was higher among White children than among Black or Hispanic children. In recent years, differences in identification of ASD by race and ethnicity began to narrow. In 2023, for the first time, the ADDM Network data found the percentage of 8-year-old children identified with ASD was higher among Black, Hispanic, and Asian or Pacific Islander (A/PI) children compared with White children.
On April 10, we will pay special attention to autism and listen to Dr. Stacy Greeter, MD present on Autism acceptance. You can register for the event here: http://tinyurl.com/mhihealingcircle2024. We look forward to seeing you soon!
More on Dr. Greeter: Dr. Stacy Greeter is double board-certified in both child/adolescent and adult psychiatry with a private practice in Bradenton, FL. Dr. Greeter graduated Summa Cum Lade from Duke University and went on to University of North Carolina School of Medicine on a full scholarship. Dr. Greeter completed her residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and continued there to complete her fellowship in child/adolescent psychiatry. She loves sharing her passion for psychiatry with other professionals and increasing access to quality psychiatric care by educating community primary care providers through her Psychiatry Bootcamp for Primary Care online lecture series. Dr. Greeter is a strong proponent for collaborative care between disciplines. She leads the psychiatry rotation for family medicine residents at Manatee Memorial Hospital, teaches child psychiatry fellows at University of South Florida, and runs a multi-disciplinary mental health professionals book club.