Joint

Neuro-Affirming Support for Autistic People: Some Basic Principles

About this course

Parents, care providers, and service users in the autistic care and support space are increasingly interested in “neurodivergent-friendly”, “neurodiversity-informed”, or “neuro-affirming” care. 
But what does this mean? 
What does neuro-affirming care and support look like? 
And how do we integrate the principles of neurodiversity with providing supports or interventions for autistic people?

In this talk, we’ll cover 
1) What the neurodiversity paradigm is, 
2) Why it’s so important to consider neurodiversity in the context of providing care and support to autistic (and, more broadly, all neurodivergent) people, 
3) What neuro-affirming care and support provision actually means, and what it looks like.

Location

Webinar Online, Adobe Connect

About the trainer

Holly E.a. Sutherland

Holly E.a. Sutherland

Holly E.A. Sutherland is an AuDHD postdoctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge. Holly's PhD at the University of Edinburgh looked at autistic people’s social communication from the autistic perspective. In it, she investigated ways in which non-autistic people might misunderstand or struggle to interact with autistic people, and how we can improve this to better support autistic people with both higher and lower support needs.

Website - https://www.heasutherland.com/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-e-a-sutherland/

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