Following on from the conferences on Critical Autism Studies (CAS) that were held at LSBU in 2017 and 2018, the Participatory Autism Research Collective will be running a free one-day conference on 4th June 2019. Please come to K2 reception for registration. The conference will be held in K2 VG10 (groundfloor). There will also be access to a quiet room in the Keyworth building,

Third Critical Autism Studies Conference

In partnership with the Critical Autism and Disabilities Studies (CADS) Research Group at London South Bank University (LSBU) and Participatory Autism Research Collective (PARC)

Conference Chairs: Dr Damian Milton (chair of PARC) and Professor Nicola Martin (CADS research group lead LSBU)

Morning Programme

9.30 – Welcome and registration

10.00 – Experiences of Applied Behavioural Analysis – Rosie Greco

10.30 – Re-thinking educational inclusion through an interest model of pedagogy – Rebecca Wood

11.00 – Autistic Development Theory: A New Model to Understand Autistic Development – Ruth Howard

11.30 – Break

11.45 – Autism and Opportunism: How the Autism Industry Works – Anne-Marie Gregory

12.15 – The Autistic Birth Experience – Hayley Morgan and Emma Durman

12.45 – Lunch

Afternoon

1.15 – How to effectively support young women and girls on the autistic spectrum going through adolescence – Holly Maby

1.45 – Really Atypical? Autism and Gender in Tension – Toby Atkinson

2.15 – Autistic observable and unobservable experiences, and the erroneous use of biological sex as a method to differentiate autistics: Introducing the Internal-External Autistic Space – Chloe Farahar and Annette Foster

2.45 – Break

3.00 – A Pathological Demand Avoidance: What and Who are being pathologized and in whose interests?- Allison Moore

3.30 – Demand Avoidance Phenomenon (Pathological Demand Avoidance): an ethical challenge to its orthodoxy – Richard Woods

4.00 – Break

4.15 – Reflections on Neurodiversity, 20 years on – Judy Singer

4.45 – Plenary discussion and closing remarks. – Damian Milton

5.00 – Close and refreshments

Slides will be emailed to participants after the event.