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Autism Professionals Conference 2020 - presentations
The National Autistic Society’s Autism Professionals Conference took place in February 2020. Below is a list of presentations featured in the programme, for delegates who attended and anyone else who...Tips for creating autism-friendly school environments
Joan Love, Senior Lecturer on Interior Architecture and Design at Leeds Beckett University, sets out some recommendations on good design for autistic school pupils, based on her research with local...Autism Professionals Conference 2019 - presentations
The National Autistic Society’s Autism Professionals Conference took place in March 2019. Below is a list of presentations featured in the programme, for delegates who attended and anyone else you...Neurodiversity: the new 'normal'
Victoria Honeybourne is a specialist advisory teacher and has a diagnosis of autism - her latest book, The Neurodiverse Classroom is published by Jessica Kingsley Publisher. Here Victoria tells us...Supporting autistic people into university
Martyn Brown is the Student Support Coordinator for London and South East and Rachel Babbidge is Transitions Support Coordinator, both at the National Autistic Society. Here they offer advice and...
Dr Clare Lawrence is a Senior Lecturer in Teacher Development at Bishop Grosseteste University and the author of Autism and Flexischooling – a shared Classroom and Homeschooling approach. Here Clare...