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The Hub: Theatre 1

Listen to the experiences of autistic adults to gain direct insights into your past, present and future, in partnership with PARC.

Michael Barton

Just some of the topics covered this year include Keeping Your Autistic Self Safe Online; Relationships for People on the Autism Spectrum; How We Got Through Those Difficult Years; and School Refusal: How We Got Him Back to School.

The Hub: Theatre 1 has a seating capacity of 80 and sound is relayed to the audience through wireless headsets to reduce sound levels in the hall.

Places are offered on a first come, first served basis, so please arrive as early as possible before the session you wish to attend to save disappointment.

Friday 22nd June 2018

Time
Title
Speaker
10.25 – 10.55

The Participatory Autism Research Collective (PARC)

Dr. Damian Milton

11.00 – 11.30

Establishing an Autism and Allies Network in the Workplace

Natalie Stewart

11.35 – 12.05

Mentoring Autistic People

Dr. Susy Ridout

12.10 – 12.40

Put Yourself in My Shoes - What it's Like to be Autistic

Michael Barton

12.45 - 13.15

Stop Pathologising, Start Listening: Helping Autistic People Understand Neurotypical's Better

Peter Baimbridge, Co-Founder of Salford Autism

13.20 – 13.50

A Retrospective of HE Support

Seb Cook

13.55 - 14.25

Insights from an Autistic Teacher

Chris Bonnello

14.30 – 15.00

How We Got Through Those Difficult Years

Laurie Morgen and Baron George Seagrave

15.05 – 15.35

Autism, Gender Identity and Wellbeing

Olivia Astrid

15.40 - 16.10

My Life Living with Asperger’s

Alex Manners

16.15 – 16.45

Adventures of Super Autie Grrl and Pals: A Practice as Research Project

Annette Foster

Saturday 23rd June 2018

Time
Title
Speaker
10.15 – 10.45

Relationships for People on the Autism Spectrum

Claire Smith and Jonathon Whyte

10.50 – 11.20

Living with Asperger’s

Joseph Conner

11.25 – 11.55

Welcome to the Autism Jungle

Leo Capella

12.00 – 12.30

A Family Like Ours

Rosie and Sharon King

12.35 – 13.05

School Refusal: How We Got Him Back to School

Kevin Chapman

13.10 – 13.40

How My Special Interest Made Me Uniquely Employable

Angus Baskerville, Magician and Young Adult HE Student with Asperger syndrome and ADHD

13.45 – 14.15

Rise of the Guerilla Aspies

Paul Wady

14.20 – 14.50

Towards Defining and Understanding Autistic Gender

Marianthi Kourti

14.55 – 15.25

Understanding Self-Stimulatory Behaviour

Alex Lowery

15.30 – 16.00

Keeping Your Autistic Self Safe Online

Connor Ward, Autistic Vlogger

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