In response to our commitment to ensuring we include and amplify the voices of autistic women of colour at SWAN, Laura Bilton will lead this important webinar on 'How to be an Autistic Anti-Racist'.

We strongly encourage you to prioritise attending this session so we can make a joint commitment to work together to learn about race and racism and consider how we, as autistic peple, can be allies.

Laura will discuss the following topics:

•What is “Race”.

•Racism as a structure.

•The Impact of racism on racialized people

•Links between racism and ableism.

•How you can be an autistic ally

SWAN webinars are a safe, informal, autistic-led space for all women and non-binary people* who have been diagnosed or self-identify as autistic. You are free to participate as little or as much as you feel comfortable - talk, join in the text chat, stim, bring your pets along, or just watch and listen with your camera on or off.

The webinar wil be held on Zoom from 5:30pm - 7pm.

Please register here on Eventbrite to attend and access the Zoom link.

We're really looking forward to seeing you!

Laura Bilton is an anti-racism activist with experience in Violence against Women and Girls, Disability and Youth Work. With heritage from Kenya and Scotland, Laura has been active against racism for more than 25 years in the media of dance, music, poetry and community organising. A mother of two and Union Equality rep, Laura is one of the founding members of Black Lives Matter Scotland. Laura has worked with disabled people for 9 years, and it was through this work that led to her own autism and ADHD diagnoses at the age of 39.