Making Sense of Sensory Processing Differences
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A 1-day conference on children and adults with sensory differences being co hosted by the Autism and Social Communication Team (West Sussex) and the University of Sussex with support from the Europeon Research Council
Talks on hyper-sensitivity (to sound, light, smell etc), bodily sensitivity (anxiety & heartbeat), autism, & synaesthesia (a ‘merging of the senses’) Including the experiences of people with autism or synaesthesia, and what helps them
Speakers:
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From the Universities of Glasgow, Nottingham, Sussex; Prof David Baguley, Prof Sarah Garfinkel, Dr James Hughes, Dr David Simmons, Prof Julia Simner and Prof Jamie Ward
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Sharing their own experiences and what helps them; Robyn Steward, Greg Rix, Edward Simmons and James Wannerton
