Autism & Neurodevlopment Symposium 2026
About the event
- Date: Saturday, 18th April 2026
- Location: John Gray High School Performance Hall
- Expected Speakers: 10+ local and international experts Audience: 500 - 700 in person attendees including educators, medical professionals, families, and advocates
- Exhibitor Booths: Various supporters and sponsors
- Sponsor Reception and Dinner: evening of 18 April 2026 at Tukka West
Registration
Join us for the Autism Cayman Symposium 2026—an inspiring, free educational event dedicated to advancing understanding, inclusion, and support for the autism and neurodiverse community in the Cayman Islands and beyond. Our event will bring together parents, educators, professionals, advocates, and community members for a day of learning and connection.
Registration is FREE.
Speaker Announcement
Dr. Temple Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University. When she was two and a half years old, she had no speech and all the symptoms of severe autism. Early intensive speech therapy enabled her to speak by age four. Her mother always encouraged her interest in art and urged her to draw many different things. Good teachers and mentors were essential for Temple’s success. Her high school science teacher challenged her with interesting projects where she had to figure out how to make things work. When studying in school became a pathway to becoming a scientist, she was motivated to study. An HBO movie titled Temple Grandin was made about her life and Temple was inducted into The National Women’s Hall of Fame and The Academy of Arts and Sciences. Facilities she has designed handle over half the cattle in the U.S. Some of her most important books are New York Times Bestseller “Animals in Translation,” “Thinking in Pictures,” “The Autistic Brain,” and “The Way I See It.”